उवाच परमं वाक्यं तलं दैत्याधिनायकम् । वरं वरय दैत्येंद्र यत्ते मनसि संस्थितम्
uvāca paramaṃ vākyaṃ talaṃ daityādhināyakam | varaṃ varaya daityeṃdra yatte manasi saṃsthitam
Ngài phán lời tối thượng với Tala, thủ lĩnh loài quỷ: “Hãy chọn một ân huệ, hỡi chúa tể các Daitya—điều gì đang ngự trong tâm ngươi.”
Viṣṇu (speaking to Tala)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu addresses Tala, the daitya-leader, offering a boon; the moment is poised, formal, and charged with cosmic authority.
Divine sovereignty includes mercy: the Lord can subdue and still uplift, offering a boon even to an adversary.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the māhātmya framework in which this boon-granting moment is remembered.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse centers on vara-dāna (granting of a boon) as a theological motif.