Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16
भोभो यक्ष महासत्त्व वरं वरय सुव्रत । परितुष्टोऽस्मि ते भक्त्या तव दास्ये यथेप्सितम्
bhobho yakṣa mahāsattva varaṃ varaya suvrata | parituṣṭo'smi te bhaktyā tava dāsye yathepsitam
“اے اے یَکش، اے عظیم ہمت والے، اے نیک ورت والے! کوئی ور مانگ۔ میں تیری بھکتی سے پوری طرح خوش ہوں؛ جو تو چاہے گا، میں اپنے بندے کی طرح وہی عطا کروں گا۔”
Śiva (Maheśvara)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: The Yakṣa devotee (direct addressee within the verse)
Scene: Śiva addresses the devotee: ‘O Yakṣa, great-souled one, choose a boon; pleased by your devotion, I shall grant your desired service.’ The devotee stands or kneels in añjali, overwhelmed yet composed; Śiva’s smile conveys intimacy and assurance.
FAQs
Divine grace responds to sincere devotion: the Lord invites the devotee to ask for a boon.
The tīrtha at the Kāverī–Narmadā saṅgama is implicitly glorified as the place where Śiva directly grants boons.
The verse affirms the fruit of vrata and bhakti: eligibility to receive a boon (vara) from Śiva.