Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
पुष्प उवाच । अपरं वद मे देव संदेहं हृदये स्थितम् । यत्त्वां पृच्छामि देवेश तव कीर्तिविवर्धनम्
puṣpa uvāca | aparaṃ vada me deva saṃdehaṃ hṛdaye sthitam | yattvāṃ pṛcchāmi deveśa tava kīrtivivardhanam
پُشپ نے کہا: اے دیو، مجھے کچھ اور بتائیے؛ میرے دل میں ایک شک ٹھہرا ہوا ہے۔ اے دیوؤں کے ایشور، جو میں آپ سے پوچھتا ہوں وہ آپ کی کیرتی بڑھانے کے لیے ہے۔
Puṣpa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Deveśa (Bhāskara/Sūrya in context)
Scene: Puṣpa, hands folded, expresses a heartfelt doubt to the deity, explicitly stating the question is meant to enhance the deity’s fame; the deity listens with calm authority.
FAQs
True inquiry is framed as devotion: doubts are resolved not for ego, but to honor the deity and strengthen dharmic understanding.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it transitions the narrative from siddhi to a vow/ritual question.
None directly; it introduces a forthcoming question that leads into Saptamī/Sūrya-related practice.