बलाय बलभद्राय बलारातिप्रियाय च । बलियज्ञप्रमथन नमो भक्तवरप्रद
balāya balabhadrāya balārātipriyāya ca | baliyajñapramathana namo bhaktavaraprada
பலமயமானவனே, பலபத்ரனே, பலாராதிக்கு பிரியனே—உனக்கு நமஸ்காரம். பலியின் யாகத்தை அடக்கியவனே, பக்தர்க்கு வரம் அருள்பவனே, உனக்கு வணக்கம்.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-kṣetra (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A powerful divine figure associated with Balabhadra stands with plough/club symbolism (even if not named), while a humbled sacrificial scene of Bali is shown in the background; devotees receive blessings (vara-pradāna).
Devotion draws divine grace: the Lord curbs pride and grants fitting boons to sincere bhaktas.
The chapter belongs to Kāśī’s sacred corpus; this verse itself highlights the Lord’s boon-giving nature rather than a single tirtha.
No explicit prescription; it supports stuti as a dharmic practice.