Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
सूत उवाच । बाढमित्येव तेनोक्ते सांकृतेन महात्मना । उत्थितौ सहसा पादौ तस्य गात्रात्पुनर्नवौ
sūta uvāca | bāḍhamityeva tenokte sāṃkṛtena mahātmanā | utthitau sahasā pādau tasya gātrātpunarnavau
Sūta sprach: Als der großherzige Sāṃkṛta sagte: „So sei es“, da entstanden sogleich, ganz plötzlich, wieder zwei neue Füße an seinem Leib.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates as Sāṃkṛta, the great-souled one, gives assent; instantly two new feet arise on the being’s body—captured mid-emergence with astonished onlookers.
FAQs
A tīrtha-centered dharmic act can manifest tangible transformation, symbolizing renewal through merit and divine grace.
The excerpt does not name the tīrtha directly, though it occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it reports the miraculous outcome following Sāṃkṛta’s assent.