Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । एतस्मिन्नंतरे सर्वेर्नागरैर्ब्राह्मणोत्तमैः । प्रेषितो मध्यगस्तत्र गर्तातीर्थसमुद्भवः
sūta uvāca | etasminnaṃtare sarvernāgarairbrāhmaṇottamaiḥ | preṣito madhyagastatra gartātīrthasamudbhavaḥ
Sūta dit : Pendant ce temps, tous les éminents brāhmaṇa de la cité envoyèrent là‑bas comme émissaire Madhyaga, né de la sainteté du Gartā‑tīrtha.
Sūta
Tirtha: Gartā-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (implied frame)
Scene: Sūta narrates as city brāhmaṇas convene and dispatch Madhyaga—depicted as a dignified emissary with tīrtha aura—toward the ritual arena or conflict point.
FAQs
Communal dharma in a tīrtha-region is protected through orderly counsel and lawful representation, not impulsive conflict.
Gartā-tīrtha is explicitly mentioned as the sacred source associated with Madhyaga.
No direct ritual act is prescribed here; it sets the narrative by introducing a tīrtha-linked emissary.