Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
तस्माद्वरय भद्रं ते यं वरं मनसि स्थितम् । सर्वं तेऽहं प्रदास्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभम्
tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te yaṃ varaṃ manasi sthitam | sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham
म्हणून—तुझे कल्याण असो—मनात जो वर आहे तो माग; तो जरी अत्यंत दुर्लभ असला तरी मी तुला सर्व काही देईन।
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, benevolent and radiant, extends a gesture of boon-giving toward Indra; the surrounding devas watch in reverent silence, the tīrtha waters glinting nearby.
FAQs
Merit earned through service and purity ripens into divine grace; boons are framed as rewards for dharmic conduct.
The tīrtha setting of Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrtha-māhātmya (Adhyāya 190), where sacred acts lead to varadāna (boon-bestowal).
No new rite; it introduces varadāna—granting of a boon as the fruit of prior ritual conduct.