Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
यद्दुर्लभं हि भवतां यत्रात्यंतरुचिश्च वः । मद्दासीत्वविमोक्षाय तद्याचध्वं ददाम्यहम्
yaddurlabhaṃ hi bhavatāṃ yatrātyaṃtaruciśca vaḥ | maddāsītvavimokṣāya tadyācadhvaṃ dadāmyaham
तुम्हांला जे दुर्मिळ आहे आणि जे तुम्हांला अत्यंत अभिप्रेत आहे—माझ्या मातेला दासत्वातून मुक्त करण्याच्या मूल्यापोटी तेच मागा; मी ते देईन।
Garuḍa
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: Garuḍa, radiant and determined, offers the Nāgas any boon as the price for Vinatā’s freedom; Vinatā stands behind him, anxious yet hopeful; Nāgas coil in council.
FAQs
Filial duty and compassionate resolve can become a dharmic force—one may undertake great tasks to remove another’s bondage.
None; the verse concerns the ethical motive and the bargain leading to the amṛta episode.
None explicitly; it is a pledge/boon-like offer rather than a rite.