Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
वरं वरय देवेन्द्र ब्रूहि यत्ते मनोगतम् । तत्सर्वं संप्रदास्यामि तुष्टाहं भक्तितस्तव
varaṃ varaya devendra brūhi yatte manogatam | tatsarvaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi tuṣṭāhaṃ bhaktitastava
“اے دیویندر! کوئی ور مانگو، جو کچھ تمہارے دل میں ہے کہو۔ تمہاری بھکتی سے میں خوش ہوں؛ وہ سب میں تمہیں عطا کروں گی۔”
Pulastya (quoting Devī speaking to Indra)
Tirtha: Varaparvata
Type: peak
Listener: King (narādhipa)
Scene: The Goddess addresses Indra directly, inviting him to choose a boon; Indra stands humbled, vajra lowered, hands folded, as the divine Mother’s compassionate authority fills the summit.
FAQs
Bhakti draws anugraha (grace): sincere devotion culminates in vara-pradāna (bestowal of boons).
The boon-dialogue unfolds in the Arbuda/Varaparvata context central to this chapter’s sthala-mahātmya.
No explicit rite is prescribed; devotion (bhakti) is presented as the effective means.