श्रीविष्णुरुवाच । प्रसन्नोस्मि महाभाग वरं वरय सुव्रत । तपसोऽस्मान्निवर्तस्व चिरं खिन्नोसि बालक
śrīviṣṇuruvāca | prasannosmi mahābhāga varaṃ varaya suvrata | tapaso'smānnivartasva ciraṃ khinnosi bālaka
श्रीविष्णुरुवाच—प्रसन्नोऽस्मि महाभाग, वरं वरय सुव्रत; तपसोऽस्मान्निवर्तस्व, चिरं खिन्नोऽसि बालक।
Viṣṇu (Nārāyaṇa)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dhruva (the child devotee)
Scene: Viṣṇu speaks from Garuḍa with a compassionate gaze; the child-ascetic, worn by austerity, is addressed tenderly—an intimate moment of divine reassurance and boon-offering.
Austerity guided by devotion matures into grace; the Lord responds personally and compassionately.
Not specified in the verse; the broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting situates the teaching within the glory-literature of Kāśī.
Tapas (austerity) is referenced; the Lord indicates its completion and invites the devotee to receive a boon.