Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47
यद्यस्ति मयि यत्किंचित्पुण्यं त्वद्भक्तिसंभवम् । तेनापि शिव मे माता तव कारुण्यमाप्नुयात्
yadyasti mayi yatkiṃcitpuṇyaṃ tvadbhaktisaṃbhavam | tenāpi śiva me mātā tava kāruṇyamāpnuyāt
ਜੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਭਕਤੀ ਤੋਂ ਜਨਮਿਆ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਪੁੰਨ ਹੈ, ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਵੀ, ਹੇ ਸ਼ਿਵ, ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਕਰੁਣਾ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰੇ।
The boy/devotee (Bālaka)
Tirtha: Śiva-sannidhi (liṅga-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The boy, humble and earnest, offers his own bhakti-born merit at Śiva’s feet, as if placing an invisible garland of puṇya upon the liṅga, praying that his mother may receive Śiva’s compassion.
FAQs
Devotion is not merely personal; its merit is offered selflessly for the welfare and purification of others.
No particular sacred geography is stated; the glorification is theological—Śiva’s mercy responding to bhakti.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the verse exemplifies sankalpa-like offering of one’s puṇya through prayer.