Skandapurana 5.148.107_15

5.148.107_15

.. brahmovāca .. ..
parituṣṭo'smi te vatsa varaṃ varaya suvrata ..
tuṣṭo'haṃ te pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham ..
.. andhaka uvāca .. ..
yadi yacchasi me brahmanvaraṃ manasi vāṃchitam ..
jarāmaraṇanāśāya dīyatāṃ surasattama .. 33 ..

Brahmā said: / "I am fully pleased with you, child; choose a boon, O one of noble vows! / Pleased, I shall grant it to you, even if it be very hard to obtain." / Andhaka said: / "If you grant me the boon desired in my heart, O Brahmā, / let it be given for the cessation of old age and death, O best of gods!" (33)