Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
प्रभावस्तेन ते मुख्य स्त्रैलोक्येऽपि भविष्यति । स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि सांप्रतं त्रिदिवालयम्
prabhāvastena te mukhya strailokye'pi bhaviṣyati | svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ tridivālayam
وبذلك، أيها الأوّل بين القوم، ستغدو عظمتك مشهورة حتى في العوالم الثلاثة. فلتكن لك البركة؛ وإني الآن أنصرف إلى دار السماء.
Indra (Sahasrākṣa) (confirmed by next verse’s narration)
Tirtha: Nāgabila (implied)
Type: cave
Scene: Indra, having blessed the foremost person, offers auspicious benediction and turns toward the celestial path; the earth below holds a hinted sacred cavern landscape.
FAQs
When a sacred site is linked to divine worship and blessing, its spiritual ‘influence’ spreads universally, inspiring pilgrimage and devotion.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa peak-tīrtha associated with Hāṭakeśvara, whose fame is foretold to extend across trailokya.
No new rite is prescribed; the verse concludes with a blessing and the speaker’s departure to heaven.