Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
नारदेन पुरा देव कोपेन च तथा मुदा । तस्या देव वरो दत्तो मया तुष्टेन सांप्रतम्
nāradena purā deva kopena ca tathā mudā | tasyā deva varo datto mayā tuṣṭena sāṃpratam
हे देव! पूर्वी नारदाच्या निमित्ताने—कधी कोपाने, कधी आनंदाने—मी प्रसन्न होऊन आता तिला हा दिव्य वर दिला आहे।
Unclear from snippet (deduced: Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A deity (speaker) addresses another ‘Deva’, recalling Nārada’s role; Nārada appears between them, holding vīṇā, as the moment of granting a boon is shown with a gesture of blessing.
FAQs
Divine grace (vara) arises when the deity is pleased; even complex events involving anger and joy can culminate in auspicious blessing within dharmic order.
The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (chapter 188), but this single line does not name the tīrtha explicitly.
None directly; it narrates the conferral of a boon rather than prescribing snāna, dāna, or japa.
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