Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
पुत्रि तुष्टास्मि भद्रं ते स्तोत्रेणानेन चानघे । वरं वरय भद्रं ते तव दास्यामि वांछितम्
putri tuṣṭāsmi bhadraṃ te stotreṇānena cānaghe | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te tava dāsyāmi vāṃchitam
“पुत्री, या स्तोत्रामुळे मी तुझ्यावर प्रसन्न आहे; तुझे कल्याण होवो, हे निष्पापे। वर माग; तुझे कल्याण होवो—तुला इच्छित ते मी देईन।”
Devī (the Goddess, newly manifest)
Tirtha: Nāgara Devī-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Scene: The manifested Goddess, radiant and compassionate, addresses the ascetic woman as ‘daughter,’ offering a boon; the devotee stands with folded hands, eyes lowered in reverence.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed through hymn and purity of intent draws the Goddess’s pleasure and boon-bestowal.
A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where the Goddess becomes pratyakṣa and offers boons (Adhyāya 169).
Recitation/praise by a specific stotra is presented as the cause for receiving a desired boon.