Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 132
अथासौ लगुडस्पर्शात्तत्क्षणादेव पन्नगः । द्वादशार्क प्रतीकाशो बभूव पुरुषो महान्
athāsau laguḍasparśāttatkṣaṇādeva pannagaḥ | dvādaśārka pratīkāśo babhūva puruṣo mahān
তারপর লাঠির স্পর্শমাত্রেই সেই পন্নগ তৎক্ষণাৎ বারো সূর্যের ন্যায় দীপ্তিমান এক মহাপুরুষ হয়ে উঠল।
Narrator
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta and the listening sages
Scene: At the instant the club touches the serpent, it becomes a radiant महान् पुरुषः, blazing like twelve suns; the surroundings glow, shadows flee, onlookers stunned.
FAQs
Puranic narratives often reveal hidden divinity beneath ordinary forms; sudden transformation signals a deeper cosmic cause (śāpa/vara/prāyaścitta).
The verse is within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the immediate line highlights miraculous revelation rather than naming the site.
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