Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
त्रिशंकुरुवाच । नासाध्यं विद्यते ब्रह्मंस्तवाहं वेद्मि तत्त्वतः । तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे यथा स्यान्मनसेप्सितम्
triśaṃkuruvāca | nāsādhyaṃ vidyate brahmaṃstavāhaṃ vedmi tattvataḥ | tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yathā syānmanasepsitam
Sinabi ni Triśaṅku: O Brahman (Vasiṣṭha), tunay kong nalalaman na para sa iyo ay walang bagay na imposible. Kaya ipagkaloob mo sa akin ang iyong biyaya, upang matupad ang ninanais ng aking puso.
Triśaṅku
Listener: Vasiṣṭha
Scene: Triśaṅku, earnest and intense, pleads to Vasiṣṭha for favor, asserting the sage’s omnipotence; Vasiṣṭha remains composed, weighing dharma.
FAQs
It highlights reliance on a sage’s spiritual power and grace, while also foreshadowing the ethical tension between personal desire and dharmic propriety.
No tīrtha is directly named; the verse is part of a narrative embedded in the Tīrthamāhātmya section.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a petition for the sage’s favor to accomplish a desired spiritual goal.
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