Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव वरदानं करोषि च । अत्रैव चाश्रमे पुण्ये नित्यं संनिहितो भव
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varadānaṃ karoṣi ca | atraiva cāśrame puṇye nityaṃ saṃnihito bhava
“Jika Engkau berkenan kepadaku, wahai Dewa, dan Engkau mengurniakan anugerah, maka tinggallah di sini juga, di pertapaan yang suci ini, sentiasa hadir.”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa āśrama-tīrtha (Sūrya-sannidhi)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Satrājit’s direct boon-request: ‘Remain here in this holy hermitage, ever present.’ The focus is on the sanctification of place—Sūrya’s radiance settling into the āśrama like a perpetual dawn.
FAQs
The highest boon is divine nearness—seeking the deity’s abiding presence for the welfare of the place and future pilgrims.
The holy āśrama within Prabhāsakṣetra, forming the basis for the Nāgarāditya/Sūrya presence tradition.
A request for nitya-sannidhi (perpetual presence), which underlies later practices of worship at a fixed shrine or tīrtha.