Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
अथ धन्वतरिर्वैद्यः स्वबुद्ध्या पृथिवीपते । नागालाने यतो जाता नागवल्ली भविष्यति
atha dhanvatarirvaidyaḥ svabuddhyā pṛthivīpate | nāgālāne yato jātā nāgavallī bhaviṣyati
Darauf erklärte Dhanvantari, der göttliche Arzt, aus eigener Einsicht, o Herr der Erde: „Da sie im Gehege von Nāgālaya entstanden ist, soll sie als Nāgavallī (die Betelranke) bekannt werden.“
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Nāgālaya / Nāgālana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pṛthivīpati (king)
Scene: Dhanvantari, radiant physician-deity, points to a newly arisen creeper inside a nāga-enclosure and proclaims its name Nāgavallī before the king.
FAQs
Even ordinary cultural practices gain sanctity when traced to dharmic, sacred origins remembered in Purāṇic tradition.
The verse points to a sacred precinct called “Nāgālaya/Nāgālāna,” treated as a sanctified place of origin within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative.
No direct injunction is given here; it establishes the sacred naming/origin of Nāgavallī, which later supports tāmbūla-related ritual culture.