Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
यथाऽयं बालको देव त्वत्प्रसादात्पितामह । दीर्घायुर्जायते लोके तथा त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि
yathā'yaṃ bālako deva tvatprasādātpitāmaha | dīrghāyurjāyate loke tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi
اے دیو! اے پِتامہ برہما! تیری کرپا سے جیسے یہ بچہ دنیا میں دیرپا عمر پائے، ویسا ہی کر دکھانا تیرے ہی اختیار میں ہے۔
Unspecified petitioner (addressing Brahmā as Pitāmaha) within the narrative
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages present a child before Brahmā, hands folded, pleading that by his grace the child become long-lived; Brahmā listens with composed compassion.
FAQs
Longevity and well-being are portrayed as fruits of divine grace sought through reverent prayer and righteous intention.
The immediate tīrtha is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa setting of Adhyāya 21; the verse itself is a prayer within that sacred-geography narrative.
A devotional petition (stuti/prārthanā) is implied; no explicit vrata, dāna, or snāna rule is stated in this verse.