Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63
जलक्रीडासु सक्तास्ता दृष्ट्वा राजकुमार कम् । विस्मितास्तमथो निन्युः पातालं पन्नगालयम्
jalakrīḍāsu saktāstā dṛṣṭvā rājakumāra kam | vismitāstamatho ninyuḥ pātālaṃ pannagālayam
Absorbées dans leurs jeux d’eau, ces jeunes filles, voyant le jeune prince, furent saisies d’étonnement; puis elles le menèrent à Pātāla, demeure des Nāga.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nāga-maidens, mid-water-play, pause in astonishment at the human prince; they encircle him and guide him downward through a luminous aquatic passage into the serpent realm.
FAQs
The cosmos includes many planes of existence; awe and the unknown are integral to Purāṇic sacred history.
No terrestrial tīrtha is praised; the verse highlights Pātāla as a mythic realm within the narrative.
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