Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
पुत्रि तुष्टास्मि भद्रं ते स्तोत्रेणानेन चानघे । वरं वरय भद्रं ते तव दास्यामि वांछितम्
putri tuṣṭāsmi bhadraṃ te stotreṇānena cānaghe | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te tava dāsyāmi vāṃchitam
“بیٹی، میں تجھ سے خوش ہوں؛ تیرا بھلا ہو—اس ستوتر کے سبب، اے بےگناہ۔ ور مانگ؛ تیرا بھلا ہو۔ جو تو چاہے گی میں عطا کروں گی۔”
Devī (the Goddess, newly manifest)
Tirtha: Nāgara Devī-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Scene: The manifested Goddess, radiant and compassionate, addresses the ascetic woman as ‘daughter,’ offering a boon; the devotee stands with folded hands, eyes lowered in reverence.
FAQs
Bhakti expressed through hymn and purity of intent draws the Goddess’s pleasure and boon-bestowal.
A Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha where the Goddess becomes pratyakṣa and offers boons (Adhyāya 169).
Recitation/praise by a specific stotra is presented as the cause for receiving a desired boon.