Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
अपुत्रो वा नरो योऽथ नारी वा पूजयिष्यति । एतां यष्टिं त्वदीयां च पुत्रवान्स भविष्यति
aputro vā naro yo'tha nārī vā pūjayiṣyati | etāṃ yaṣṭiṃ tvadīyāṃ ca putravānsa bhaviṣyati
“چاہے بے اولاد مرد ہو یا عورت، اگر وہ تمہاری اس لاٹھی کی پوجا کرے تو وہ اولاد کی نعمت سے سرفراز ہو جائے گا/گی۔”
Brāhmaṇas
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rāma (and future pilgrims)
Scene: A childless man and a woman approach the iron staff shrine with offerings; their faces show longing turning to hope; later, a cradle scene symbolizes the boon of offspring.
FAQs
Householder aspirations are integrated into dharma: sincere worship in a sacred context is portrayed as removing obstacles to progeny.
The promise is situated in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse itself does not specify the tīrtha name.
Pūjā of the lohayaṣṭi with the intention of obtaining offspring.