Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
वरं वरय भद्रं ते यो नित्यं मन सि स्थितः
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yo nityaṃ mana si sthitaḥ
வரம் கேள்; உனக்கு மங்களம் உண்டாகுக— எப்போதும் உன் மனத்தில் நிலைத்திருக்கும் அந்த வரத்தையே தேர்ந்தெடு।
Brahmā (continuation of address to Vṛka)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija audience (contextual)
Scene: Brahmā offers a boon with a blessing gesture; the ascetic’s long-cherished desire is about to be spoken, the air bright with auspiciousness.
FAQs
Tapas is meant to mature intention (saṅkalpa); the divine invites the seeker to articulate the inner aim responsibly.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on boon-bestowal within the larger Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
None; it is the formal offering of a boon as the culmination of austerity.
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