Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
सुलक्षणे प्रसन्नोस्मि वरं वरय सुव्रते । चिरं खिन्नासि तपसा कस्तेऽस्तीह मनोरथः
sulakṣaṇe prasannosmi varaṃ varaya suvrate | ciraṃ khinnāsi tapasā kaste'stīha manorathaḥ
“ஓ சுலக்ஷணையே, நான் மகிழ்ந்தேன். ஓ சுவிரதையே, வரம் கேள். நீ நீண்ட காலம் தவத்தால் வருந்தினாய்—இங்கே உன் மனோரதம் என்ன?”
Śiva (Hara/Śarva)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva praises the auspicious, vow-steadfast woman, acknowledging her long austerity and inviting her to choose a boon.
FAQs
Persevering tapas ripens into vara-prāpti (receiving a boon), showing the compassionate accessibility of Śiva.
The boon-bestowing encounter is situated in Kāśī, near the Uttarārka sacred locale.
The verse affirms sustained tapas and vrata (vowed discipline) as the means leading to divine boon.