Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
श्रीमातां यदि मे दूत दर्शयिष्यसि चेत्ततः । अभीष्टान्संप्रदास्यामि सत्यमेव ब्रवीम्यहम्
śrīmātāṃ yadi me dūta darśayiṣyasi cettataḥ | abhīṣṭānsaṃpradāsyāmi satyameva bravīmyaham
“Hỡi sứ giả, nếu ngươi chỉ cho ta thấy Śrīmātā, thì ta sẽ ban cho ngươi những ân phúc như ý—ta nói lời này là chân thật.”
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.