Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । ततःप्रभृतिपुण्ये च सरस्वत्यास्तटेशुभे । बाह्यानां नागराणां च स्थानं जातं महत्तरम्
sūta uvāca | tataḥprabhṛtipuṇye ca sarasvatyāstaṭeśubhe | bāhyānāṃ nāgarāṇāṃ ca sthānaṃ jātaṃ mahattaram
Sūta dit : Dès lors, sur la rive heureuse et méritoire de la Sarasvatī, l’établissement des Nāgara extérieurs devint très vaste et illustre.
Sūta
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-taṭa (puṇya bank)
Type: ghat
Listener: assembled sages (implied Nāimiṣāraṇya audience)
Scene: A broad, auspicious Sarasvatī riverbank with ghāṭa steps, sages and householders, and a growing townscape of the Outer Nāgaras—temples rising, markets, and learning halls—signifying sacredly fueled prosperity.
FAQs
Holy riversides are portrayed as dharmic centers where communities flourish through the power of puṇya (sacred merit).
The auspicious bank (taṭa) of the river Sarasvatī, treated as a tīrtha landscape.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse highlights the sanctity and prosperity associated with the Sarasvatī riverbank.