Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77
अनसूयोवाच । यदि तुष्टास्त्रयो देवा मम भक्तिप्रचोदिताः । मम पुत्रा भवन्त्वेव हरिरुद्रपितामहाः
anasūyovāca | yadi tuṣṭāstrayo devā mama bhaktipracoditāḥ | mama putrā bhavantveva harirudrapitāmahāḥ
ଅନସୂୟା କହିଲେ—ମୋର ଭକ୍ତିରେ ପ୍ରେରିତ ହୋଇ ଯଦି ଏହି ତିନି ଦେବ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ହୁଅନ୍ତି, ତେବେ ହରି (ବିଷ୍ଣୁ), ରୁଦ୍ର (ଶିବ) ଓ ପିତାମହ (ବ୍ରହ୍ମା) ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ମୋର ପୁତ୍ର ହେଉନ୍ତୁ।
Anasūyā
Listener: Hari–Rudra–Pitāmaha (Trimūrti)
Scene: Anasūyā, radiant with tapas and devotion, stands in a hermitage with folded hands, addressing the three deities—Hari, Rudra, and Pitāmaha—requesting them as sons; the forest setting glows with ascetic power.
FAQs
Pure devotion (bhakti) is presented as capable of drawing even the highest deities into intimate, grace-filled relationship.
This verse shifts into a purāṇic episode; the broader adhyāya remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.
No ritual act is prescribed; it is a boon-request rooted in devotion.