Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
पुष्प उवाच । तवार्थे च मया सूर्यः कायत्यागेन तोषितः । पतितत्त्वं न ते काये तत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति
puṣpa uvāca | tavārthe ca mayā sūryaḥ kāyatyāgena toṣitaḥ | patitattvaṃ na te kāye tatprasādādbhaviṣyati
पुष्प म्हणाला—तुझ्यासाठी मी देहत्याग करून सूर्यदेवांना संतुष्ट केले आहे. त्यांच्या कृपेने तुझ्या देहाला पतन वा नाश येणार नाही.
Puṣpa
Tirtha: Sūrya-prasāda (Āditya-anugraha) within the Nāgara tīrtha narrative
Type: kshetra
Listener: Caṇḍaśarman (and household)
Scene: Puṣpa declares he has pleased Sūrya through self-offering, assuring Caṇḍaśarman that no fallen condition will befall his body by the deity’s grace.
FAQs
Selfless action for another’s welfare, when aligned with devotion, becomes a vehicle for divine grace and restoration.
The statement belongs to the ongoing Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative, though the verse focuses on Sūrya’s grace.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the act highlighted is kāyatyāga (self-offering) as an extreme form of devotion in the story.