Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
इन्द्र उवाच । न ते दीर्घेऽस्तिदोषोत्र कश्चिदेकं विना शुभे । तेनाथ क्रियते चैतदासनस्याभिषेचनम्
indra uvāca | na te dīrghe'stidoṣotra kaścidekaṃ vinā śubhe | tenātha kriyate caitadāsanasyābhiṣecanam
Indra dit : « Ô toi de bon augure, ô Dīrghā, ici il n’est en toi aucune faute, hormis une seule. C’est pourquoi l’on accomplit cette aspersion consacrante du siège. »
Indra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dīrghā/Dīrghakanyā (addressed as ‘śubhe’)
Scene: Indra speaks calmly, diagnosing that only one fault exists and explaining that therefore the seat’s consecration is being done.
FAQs
It frames ritual rectification: a perceived impurity is addressed through dharmic means, not condemnation, preserving auspiciousness while restoring fitness for sacred life.
This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative framework; the snippet itself does not name a specific tīrtha, but functions as part of a place-glorifying (māhātmya) episode.
Āsana-abhiṣeka—ritual consecration/sprinkling of a seat—indicating a formal rite connected to restoring auspicious order.