Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
तत्रस्थस्य तपस्थस्य नागः कर्कोटको निजम् । तव दास्यति सत्कन्यां ततः सृष्टिर्भविष्यति
tatrasthasya tapasthasya nāgaḥ karkoṭako nijam | tava dāsyati satkanyāṃ tataḥ sṛṣṭirbhaviṣyati
أمّا أنتَ المقيم هناك المنهمك في التقشّف، فإنّ الناگا كركوطكا سيهبك ابنته العفيفة الصالحة؛ ومن ذلك الاتحاد ستنشأ ذرّيةٌ وسلالة.
Unspecified (narrative prophecy within Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / (water later called Nāga-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (frame not in excerpt)
Scene: A tapasvin seated in meditation near the sacred water; the Nāga Karkoṭaka emerges—serpentine, regal—offering a veiled maiden in kanyā-dāna gesture, signifying a destined lineage.
FAQs
Steadfast tapas performed at a sacred tīrtha bears tangible fruits—dharma, continuity of lineage, and divinely guided outcomes.
The passage belongs to the Nāgatīrtha-māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, praising a Nāga-associated tīrtha (Nāgatīrtha).
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on residing at the tīrtha and practicing austerity (tapas).