Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
अथ तैर्मुनिभिः सर्वैर्वृत्तांतं तस्य कीर्तितम् । आशीर्वादोद्भवं प्रोक्तं ततो वयमिहागताः
atha tairmunibhiḥ sarvairvṛttāṃtaṃ tasya kīrtitam | āśīrvādodbhavaṃ proktaṃ tato vayamihāgatāḥ
ثم إن جميع أولئك الحكماء قصّوا خبره كاملًا، وصرّحوا أنه قد نشأ من بركةٍ ودعاء؛ فلذلك جئنا إلى هنا.
Unspecified narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual storyteller in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circle of sages recounts an origin story to the protagonist, gesturing toward the sacred locale, emphasizing that the event arose from a blessing; the group prepares to proceed to the tīrtha.
FAQs
Purāṇic events and spiritual attainments are often traced to the power of a sage’s blessing, which inspires pilgrimage and faith in tīrtha-dharma.
The verse points to the immediate tīrtha setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the specific pond/ashram-site is clarified in the surrounding verses).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it functions as narrative framing that leads into the tīrtha context.