Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
श्रीमहादेव उवाच । भविष्यति न संदेहस्तव पुत्रः सुशोभने । यादृक्त्वया महाभागे प्रार्थितस्तद्विशेषतः
śrīmahādeva uvāca | bhaviṣyati na saṃdehastava putraḥ suśobhane | yādṛktvayā mahābhāge prārthitastadviśeṣataḥ
Śrī Mahādeva bersabda: “Wahai yang berseri indah, tiada keraguan—engkau akan beroleh seorang putera. Wahai yang berbahagia, dia akan menjadi tepat seperti yang engkau pohonkan, dalam segala hal.”
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: मल्लिङ्ग-तीर्थ (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vaṭikī
Scene: Mahādeva speaks gently, offering certainty; his right hand in abhaya/vara-mudrā, Vaṭikī listening with uplifted face, the sacred tank and newly sanctified space behind.
FAQs
Sincere prayer aligned with dharma and devotion receives divine assurance and grace.
The surrounding passage is within a tīrtha-māhātmya context centered on bathing and worship at a sacred reservoir (vāpī) and the Malliṅga installed there.
This verse itself gives a boon; the adjacent verses prescribe bathing at the vāpī and worship of the Malliṅga.