Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100
याज्ञवल्क्य प्रतुष्टोऽहं तव ब्राह्मणसत्तम । इष्टं ददामि ते ब्रूहि यद्यत्संप्रति वांछितम्
yājñavalkya pratuṣṭo'haṃ tava brāhmaṇasattama | iṣṭaṃ dadāmi te brūhi yadyatsaṃprati vāṃchitam
Wahai Yājñavalkya, yang terbaik antara para brāhmaṇa, Aku berkenan kepadamu. Aku akan mengurniakan anugerah yang engkau dambakan—katakanlah apa yang engkau kehendaki sekarang.
Āditya/Sūrya (Ravi)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ravi, radiant and compassionate, addresses Yājñavalkya—who stands with folded hands—offering a boon; the scene glows with solar light and ritual calm.
FAQs
Sincere worship at a sacred place culminates in divine favor, where the deity personally invites the devotee to ask for a boon.
The surrounding Tīrthamāhātmya context implies a specific Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha, but this verse itself does not name it.
No direct prescription; it records the deity’s readiness to grant a boon as the fruit of prior worship.