Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
सूत उवाच । सा तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय जगामादर्शनं ततः । सोऽपि पार्थिवशार्दूलो लेभे सर्वं तयोदितम्
sūta uvāca | sā tatheti pratijñāya jagāmādarśanaṃ tataḥ | so'pi pārthivaśārdūlo lebhe sarvaṃ tayoditam
सूत म्हणाले—“तथास्तु” असे म्हणून तिने तशीच प्रतिज्ञा केली आणि मग ती अदृश्य झाली. आणि राजांतील तो व्याघ्रही तिच्या वचनाप्रमाणे सर्व काही प्राप्त झाला।
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (episode conclusion)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied standard frame)
Scene: The Goddess, after saying 'tathā', dissolves into light and vanishes; the king stands astonished, then shown receiving prosperity/boons—symbolic tokens of fulfillment.
FAQs
Divine words are reliable: when devotion is sincere, the promised fruit is attained.
The episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya cycle of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No new rite is introduced; the verse confirms the efficacy of the earlier stotra and boon-granting.