Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
एतान्येव दिनानीह नायातास्तेन पद्मज । औदुंबरीं वयं श्रुत्वा ह्यपूर्वां तेन संगताः
etānyeva dinānīha nāyātāstena padmaja | auduṃbarīṃ vayaṃ śrutvā hyapūrvāṃ tena saṃgatāḥ
„O Lotosgeborener (Brahmā), seit damals sind nur wenige Tage vergangen. Als wir von der wunderbaren, noch nie dagewesenen Audumbarī hörten, kamen wir dementsprechend zusammen.“
Unspecified (narrative voice within Nāgara-khaṇḍa; likely a group addressing Brahmā/Padmaja)
Tirtha: Audumbarī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas speak to Brahmā: only a few days have passed; hearing of the wondrous Audumbarī, they have assembled—suggesting swift celestial travel and collective excitement.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) of a tīrtha’s greatness draws seekers into saṅgati (holy gathering), which is itself a catalyst for dharma and merit.
Audumbarī is highlighted as an extraordinary sacred presence associated with tīrtha-mahātmya in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa context.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on hearing the mahātmya and assembling in reverence.