Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
श्रीमातां यदि मे दूत दर्शयिष्यसि चेत्ततः । अभीष्टान्संप्रदास्यामि सत्यमेव ब्रवीम्यहम्
śrīmātāṃ yadi me dūta darśayiṣyasi cettataḥ | abhīṣṭānsaṃpradāsyāmi satyameva bravīmyaham
“اے قاصد، اگر تو مجھے شری ماتا کے درشن کرا دے تو میں تیری من چاہی مرادیں عطا کروں گا—میں سچ کہتا ہوں۔”
Dānava (Bāṣkali/Kaliṅga)
Tirtha: Śrīmātā-sthāna (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Dānava, still proud yet intrigued, offers boons to the envoy in exchange for showing Śrīmātā; the unseen presence of the Goddess is suggested by a radiant doorway or yantra-like glow.
FAQs
Even the proud seek darśana of the Divine; yet desire for boons can still be mixed with ego and bargaining.
No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse centers on Devī-darśana within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa storyline.
None; it is a promise of granting boons, not a prescribed rite.