Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
श्रीशिव उवाच । एवमस्तु हृषीकेश यत्त्वयोक्तं जनार्दन । अन्यं वरं प्रयच्छामि तमाकर्णय सुव्रत
śrīśiva uvāca | evamastu hṛṣīkeśa yattvayoktaṃ janārdana | anyaṃ varaṃ prayacchāmi tamākarṇaya suvrata
श्रीशिव म्हणाले—हे हृषीकेश, हे जनार्दन! तू जे बोललास तसेच होवो. हे सुव्रत! मी तुला आणखी एक वर देतो; तो ऐक.
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viṣṇu (Hṛṣīkeśa/Janārdana)
Scene: Śiva speaks with calm authority, granting Viṣṇu’s request and offering an additional boon; the composition centers on Śiva’s reassuring gesture and Viṣṇu’s attentive posture.
FAQs
Grace not only fulfills pure desires but also expands them—God grants additional supports for dharma when devotion is sincere.
The boon dialogue belongs to the Kāśī sacred geography narrative associated with Cakra-puṣkariṇī.
No explicit prescription; the address “suvrata” underscores the importance of vow-discipline as a foundation for receiving boons.