Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
भवंतु तनया नश्च तथा वंशविवर्धनाः । एतन्मे वांछितं देवि नान्यत्संप्रार्थयाम्यहम्
bhavaṃtu tanayā naśca tathā vaṃśavivardhanāḥ | etanme vāṃchitaṃ devi nānyatsaṃprārthayāmyaham
“ہمارے لیے بیٹے ہوں، اور وہ ہمارے وَنش کو بڑھانے والے ہوں۔ اے دیوی، یہی میری چاہت ہے؛ میں اس کے سوا کچھ نہیں مانگتی۔”
Revatī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Sureśvarī)
Scene: Revatī makes her final, focused request: ‘Let us have sons who expand the lineage; this alone I desire,’ standing in humble devotion before the Goddess.
FAQs
Purāṇic devotion often integrates worldly dharma (family continuity) with surrender—asking the deity for righteous progeny rather than mere pleasure.
The Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context elevates the kṣetra as a place where Devī grants family-protecting boons.
The prescription is implicit: Devī worship in the kṣetra culminating in a focused boon-request (vara-prārthanā).