Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
अथ तेषां तदाकर्ण्य स दूतो हर्षसंयुतः । बाढमित्येव चोक्त्वाथ तत्र चैव व्यवस्थितः
atha teṣāṃ tadākarṇya sa dūto harṣasaṃyutaḥ | bāḍhamityeva coktvātha tatra caiva vyavasthitaḥ
Als der Bote ihre Worte vernahm, von Freude erfüllt, erwiderte er: „So sei es“, und blieb dann dort sogleich auf seinem Posten.
Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A messenger, face bright with restrained joy, answers ‘Bāḍham’ with folded hands and then stands at attention near a shrine pillar, as if guarding a threshold for the coming arrival.
FAQs
Obedience and readiness in service support sacred missions and temple duties.
The scene unfolds in the Setu/Rāmeśvara tīrtha context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
None; it is a narrative transition emphasizing orderly conduct at a sacred place.
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