Sanatkumara’s story illustrated the potency of Gaya. The ancestors of one who offers oblations there are immediately liberated. The one who offers the oblations also obtains a lot of punya (store of merit). It was because Raivya had done this that he was worthy of congratulation.

After Sanatkumara left, Raivya continued to pray to the Gadadhara form of Narayana. (Gadadhara is one of Narayana’s names and refers to the fact that Narayana holds a gada (mace) in one of his hands.) Narayana appeared before Raivya and offered to grant him a boon. Raivya wished for the boon that he might attain the abode of Sanatkumara in heaven, The boon was granted.