Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57
ब्रह्मोवाच । एतत्सर्वं सहस्राक्ष तव वाक्यमसंशयम् । भविष्यति न संदेहः सर्वमेतन्मयोदितम्
brahmovāca | etatsarvaṃ sahasrākṣa tava vākyamasaṃśayam | bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ sarvametanmayoditam
ব্ৰহ্মাই ক’লে: হে সহস্ৰাক্ষ! তোমাৰ বাক্য অনুসাৰে এই সকলো নিঃসন্দেহ। ই নিশ্চয় ঘটিব; কোনো সন্দেহ নাই, কিয়নো এই সকলো মই নিজে ঘোষণা কৰিছোঁ।
Brahmā
Type: tirtha
Listener: Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
Scene: Brahmā speaks calmly to Indra (Thousand-eyed), both seated in a celestial pavilion; Brahmā raises a hand in assurance, while Indra listens with reverence, the tīrtha’s promise symbolically shown as a shining waterbody below.
FAQs
Purāṇic assurances are framed as authoritative when ratified by a cosmic witness like Brahmā—strengthening faith in tīrtha-dharma.
The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha/kuṇḍa whose rites and fruits are being confirmed by Brahmā.
Not a new rite; rather, a formal confirmation that the previously stated tīrtha-ritual results will certainly manifest.