Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
यदहं रूपसंपन्नो वयसा च समन्वितः । कृतो भवद्भ्यां वृद्धः सन्भार्यां च प्राप्तवान्निजाम् । तद्ब्रूतं वै विधास्यामि भवतोर्यदभीप्सितम्
yadahaṃ rūpasaṃpanno vayasā ca samanvitaḥ | kṛto bhavadbhyāṃ vṛddhaḥ sanbhāryāṃ ca prāptavānnijām | tadbrūtaṃ vai vidhāsyāmi bhavatoryadabhīpsitam
تم دونوں کے سبب میں حسن و شباب سے آراستہ ہوا؛ پہلے بوڑھا ہوتے ہوئے بھی میں نے اپنی ہی بیوی کو پا لیا۔ پس بتاؤ، تم دونوں کی جو خواہش ہے، میں یقیناً اسے پورا کروں گا۔
Cyavana
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Cyavana, rejuvenated, speaks with folded hands to the twin Aśvins, acknowledging their gift of youth and marital fulfillment, and offers to accomplish their desire—an oath-like moment.
FAQs
Gratitude expressed through dharmic action—repaying help by fulfilling a rightful request.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Cyavana’s sacred story magnifies the kṣetra’s sanctity.
None explicitly; it foreshadows ritual entitlement (Soma-drinking) discussed next.