Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
सोऽब्रवीद्यदि मे देव तुष्टोसि वृषभध्वज । ग्रहत्वं देहि सर्वेश न चान्यं वरमुत्सहे
so'bravīdyadi me deva tuṣṭosi vṛṣabhadhvaja | grahatvaṃ dehi sarveśa na cānyaṃ varamutsahe
اس نے کہا: “اگر آپ مجھ سے خوش ہیں، اے دیو، اے ورشبھ دھوج! اے سب کے مالک، مجھے گرہ کا مرتبہ عطا فرمائیں؛ میں کسی اور ور کی خواہش نہیں رکھتا۔”
Bhūmiputra (Aṅgāraka/Maṅgala), within Śiva’s narration
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: The devotee, still austere, petitions Śiva with folded hands: ‘grant me grahatva’; Śiva stands with Nandin-banner, calm and sovereign, indicating assent.
FAQs
A focused vow—seeking a single, dharma-aligned boon—shows single-pointed devotion and clarity of purpose.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the setting where Aṅgāraka’s devotion culminates in a defining boon.
No direct ritual; it records the boon-request: grahatva (recognition as a Graha).