Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
इन्द्रजालमिदं किं ते किं वा मंत्रप्रसाधनम् । देवानां वा प्रसादोऽयं यत्त्वं चैतादृशः स्थितः
indrajālamidaṃ kiṃ te kiṃ vā maṃtraprasādhanam | devānāṃ vā prasādo'yaṃ yattvaṃ caitādṛśaḥ sthitaḥ
„Was ist dies: eine Täuschung wie Indras Zauber? Oder eine Kraft, gewonnen durch die Übung der Mantras? Oder ist es wahrhaft die Gunst der Götter, dass du hier in einem so außergewöhnlichen Zustand stehst?“
Unspecified interlocutor (within Sūta’s narrated dialogue)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The extraordinary male figure being questioned
Scene: A questioning figure gestures in astonishment toward a man standing in an uncanny, radiant or altered condition; the atmosphere suggests a miracle or disguise being suspected.
FAQs
Extraordinary powers and appearances are questioned as either illusion, mantra-accomplishment, or divine grace—prompting discernment and humility.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this particular line focuses on the cause of a wondrous condition rather than naming a tirtha explicitly.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it contrasts mantra-practice with divine favor.