Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
पुष्प उवाच । अपरं वद मे देव संदेहं हृदये स्थितम् । यत्त्वां पृच्छामि देवेश तव कीर्तिविवर्धनम्
puṣpa uvāca | aparaṃ vada me deva saṃdehaṃ hṛdaye sthitam | yattvāṃ pṛcchāmi deveśa tava kīrtivivardhanam
పుష్పుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ దేవా, ఇంకొకటి చెప్పుము; నా హృదయంలో ఒక సందేహం నిలిచియున్నది. ఓ దేవేశా, నేను అడుగుతున్నది నీ కీర్తి వృద్ధికోసమే।
Puṣpa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Deveśa (Bhāskara/Sūrya in context)
Scene: Puṣpa, hands folded, expresses a heartfelt doubt to the deity, explicitly stating the question is meant to enhance the deity’s fame; the deity listens with calm authority.
FAQs
True inquiry is framed as devotion: doubts are resolved not for ego, but to honor the deity and strengthen dharmic understanding.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it transitions the narrative from siddhi to a vow/ritual question.
None directly; it introduces a forthcoming question that leads into Saptamī/Sūrya-related practice.