Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 66
कौत्स उवाच । राजंल्लभस्व सत्पुत्रं निजवंशगुणान्वितम् । इयं स्वर्णखनिस्तूर्णं मनोभीष्टफलप्रदा
kautsa uvāca | rājaṃllabhasva satputraṃ nijavaṃśaguṇānvitam | iyaṃ svarṇakhanistūrṇaṃ manobhīṣṭaphalapradā
ਕੌਤਸ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: “ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਤੈਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਵੰਸ਼ ਦੇ ਗੁਣਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਯੁਕਤ ਇੱਕ ਸਤਪੁੱਤਰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਵੇ। ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਸੁਵਰਨ-ਖਾਨ ਤੇਰੇ ਮਨ-ਇੱਛਿਤ ਫਲ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰੇ।”
Kautsa
Tirtha: (अयोध्या-क्षेत्रे) स्वर्णखनि-प्रसिद्ध-स्थल (नाम अत्र न निर्दिष्ट)
Type: kshetra
Listener: राजा (नाम अत्र न निर्दिष्ट)
Scene: कौत्स-मुनिः राजानं प्रति आशीर्वचनं—एकहस्तेन वरमुद्रा, अन्येन स्वर्ण-निधि/खनिः सूचयन्; पृष्ठे सरयू-तट-समृद्धि-चिह्नाः, स्वर्ण-दीप्तिः।
FAQs
Dharma-centered giving yields higher fruits—virtuous progeny and prosperity aligned with righteous desire.
The boons occur within the Ayodhyā Māhātmya narrative, reinforcing Ayodhyā’s fame for dharmic kingship and blessings.
No explicit rite; the verse conveys boon-fruit (phala) arising from honoring sages and fulfilling guru-dakṣiṇā.
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