सुलक्षणे प्रसन्नोस्मि वरं वरय सुव्रते । चिरं खिन्नासि तपसा कस्तेऽस्तीह मनोरथः
sulakṣaṇe prasannosmi varaṃ varaya suvrate | ciraṃ khinnāsi tapasā kaste'stīha manorathaḥ
“اے نیک فال! میں خوش ہوں۔ اے نیک عہد والی! کوئی ور مانگ۔ تو مدتوں تپسیا سے نڈھال رہی ہے—یہاں تیرا کون سا من کی مراد ہے؟”
Śiva (Hara/Śarva)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva praises the auspicious, vow-steadfast woman, acknowledging her long austerity and inviting her to choose a boon.
Persevering tapas ripens into vara-prāpti (receiving a boon), showing the compassionate accessibility of Śiva.
The boon-bestowing encounter is situated in Kāśī, near the Uttarārka sacred locale.
The verse affirms sustained tapas and vrata (vowed discipline) as the means leading to divine boon.