Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
दानव उवाच । यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे देव वरं दास्यसि मे प्रभो । सङ्ग्रामैस्तु न तुष्टोऽहं बलं नास्तीति किंचन
dānava uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dāsyasi me prabho | saṅgrāmaistu na tuṣṭo'haṃ balaṃ nāstīti kiṃcana
دانَو نے کہا: “اے دیو! اگر تو مجھ سے راضی ہے، اے پربھو، اور اگر تو مجھے ور دے گا—تو جان لے کہ میں جنگوں سے سیر نہیں ہوتا؛ یہ نہیں کہ مجھ میں کوئی طاقت نہیں۔”
Dānava (Daitya)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Dānava speaks boldly before Śiva, chest lifted, one hand gesturing as if dismissing ordinary battles; Śiva remains composed, embodying controlled power.
FAQs
The hunger for extraordinary power often disguises itself as confidence; true strength is measured by restraint, not by conquest.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative set in the Narmadā sacred region.
None; it is a direct request for a boon.