Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
अथ तां संगृहीत्वा स तक्षको नागसत्तमः । केदारायतने तस्मिन्नर्धरात्रे मुमोच ह
atha tāṃ saṃgṛhītvā sa takṣako nāgasattamaḥ | kedārāyatane tasminnardharātre mumoca ha
Dann nahm Takṣaka, der Vorzüglichste unter den Nāgas, sie auf und ließ sie um Mitternacht in jenem Kedārāyatana frei.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Kedārāyatana
Type: temple
Scene: At midnight, Takṣaka—majestic serpent-king—lifts and carries the woman through moonlit air and sets her down at a Śaiva Kedāra shrine; lamps flicker, the sanctum stands silent.
FAQs
Sacred places (tīrthas) become the turning-points where karmic knots begin to loosen and restoration becomes possible.
Kedārāyatana is explicitly named and serves as the key tīrtha of the episode.
No rite is stated in this verse; it establishes arrival at the tīrtha where spiritual effects unfold.