Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
यावन्मात्रं शरीरं तत्तस्य व्याप्तं महीपते । अमृतेन ततः कृत्तममोघेनापि तच्छिरः
yāvanmātraṃ śarīraṃ tattasya vyāptaṃ mahīpate | amṛtena tataḥ kṛttamamoghenāpi tacchiraḥ
হে মহীপতে, তার দেহের যতটুকু অংশ অমৃতে ব্যাপ্ত হয়েছিল ততটুকুই অমর হল; কিন্তু তার মস্তক অমোঘ চক্রের আঘাতে, অমৃত আস্বাদনের পর আগেই কর্তিত ছিল।
Narrator (purāṇic ākhyāna voice) addressing a king (mahīpati)
Listener: King (māhātmya addressee: 'महीपते')
Scene: The discus severs the head; the portion touched by amṛta remains deathless—head and body separated, charged with eerie immortality.
FAQs
Even a momentary contact with sacred power (amṛta) has lasting consequences, yet divine order (dharma protected by the Lord’s unfailing power) prevails.
The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative in Nāgara Khaṇḍa; the immediate shloka focuses on the amṛta-episode rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.
No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed in this verse; it is narrative groundwork for the māhātmya.
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