Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
अनुग्राह्योऽसि नितरां ततो वरय दुर्लभम् । श्राणितं तदवैहि त्वं वद मा चिरयस्व भोः
anugrāhyo'si nitarāṃ tato varaya durlabham | śrāṇitaṃ tadavaihi tvaṃ vada mā cirayasva bhoḥ
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Śiva (Devadeva)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Ānandavana/Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, pleased, addresses the devotee with affectionate urgency, offering a rare boon already granted in intent; the devotee stands in humility, ready to speak.
FAQs
Śiva’s grace responds swiftly to sincere devotion, empowering the devotee to ask even for rare spiritual attainments.
The setting remains Kāśī’s Ānandavana, where such immediate divine favor is highlighted.
No new ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes the boon-bestowing consequence of prior worship in Kāśī.