Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
सदा स्मरस्य संस्थानं मम वाक्याद्भविष्यति । नागवल्लीति वै नाम तस्याश्चक्रे ततः परम्
sadā smarasya saṃsthānaṃ mama vākyādbhaviṣyati | nāgavallīti vai nāma tasyāścakre tataḥ param
„Durch mein Wort wird sie auf ewig ein Sitz Smaras (Kāmas) sein.“ Danach verlieh er ihr feierlich den Namen „Nāgavallī“.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Nāgālaya / Nāgālana
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (rājā/pṛthivīpati)
Scene: Dhanvantari pronounces that the place will be Smara’s abode; the creeper is ceremonially named Nāgavallī, with subtle motifs of spring and love.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma sacralizes both place and practice: a site and even a plant become worthy of remembrance when linked to divine intention.
A locale treated as ‘Smara’s established seat’ within this tīrtha narrative (connected with the Nāgavallī origin tradition).
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse provides sacral etiology (why the plant and place carry religious-cultural significance).