Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
पद्मावत्युवाच । रहस्यं परमं गुह्यं यत्पृष्टास्मि शुभाननाः । अवक्तव्यं वदिष्यामि भवतीनां तथापि च
padmāvatyuvāca | rahasyaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ yatpṛṣṭāsmi śubhānanāḥ | avaktavyaṃ vadiṣyāmi bhavatīnāṃ tathāpi ca
পদ্মাবতী বললেন: হে শুভমুখী নারীগণ, তোমরা আমাকে পরম রহস্য, অতি গোপন বিষয় জিজ্ঞাসা করেছ। যা বলা উচিত নয়, তবু তোমাদের জন্য আমি তা বলব।
Padmāvatī
Tirtha: Pañcapiṇḍikā (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: Saptnyaḥ (co-wives)
Scene: Padmāvatī, serene and luminous, begins to speak; co-wives sit attentively in a semicircle; the shrine with pañcapiṇḍikā and lamp glows, signaling imminent revelation.
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Certain vows and rites are traditionally guarded, and are transmitted through trust and right intention.
This line introduces instruction within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha context is broader than this verse.
No direct prescription yet; it signals disclosure of a previously unspoken ritual secret.
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