Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
तेन पांसुकृता वृष्टिः समंतान्मथिता बहिः । तस्या भूमेः पतत्येव न किंचित्तत्र पूर्यते
tena pāṃsukṛtā vṛṣṭiḥ samaṃtānmathitā bahiḥ | tasyā bhūmeḥ patatyeva na kiṃcittatra pūryate
Par ce vent, l’averse faite de poussière fut brassée et chassée au dehors de toutes parts. Bien qu’elle tombât sans cesse sur ce sol, rien là ne pouvait se combler.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not specified in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame; not explicit in verse)
Scene: A barren sacred ground where a storm of dust falls like rain, yet the surface never rises; the wind whips the dust outward in spirals, suggesting an invisible divine barrier.
FAQs
Human or spirit-driven attempts to alter a sanctified place can be nullified by divine forces safeguarding the tīrtha.
The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha under discussion where the earth cannot be ‘filled’ due to divine intervention; the name is not present in this verse.
None; it continues the account of a miraculous prevention of tampering with the site.