In keeping with Vishnu Purana, when Vishnu was delighted with Dhruv’s tapasya and requested him to ask for a varadÄna (grant of needs), Dhruv mentioned that he (staying an uneducated boy or girl) did not know how to sing the praise of Bhagwan Vishnu, and so requested the varadÄna of the familiarity with stuti (hymn within the praise