Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
पुरा संस्रष्टुकामोऽहं नागानां नवमं कुलम् । तद्भविष्यति त्वत्पार्श्वात्समर्यादं धरातले
purā saṃsraṣṭukāmo'haṃ nāgānāṃ navamaṃ kulam | tadbhaviṣyati tvatpārśvātsamaryādaṃ dharātale
«Autrefois, désirant faire naître une neuvième lignée de Nāgas, j’ai ordonné ceci : de ton côté elle surgira sur la terre, établie avec justes bornes et ordre.»
Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā proclaims a cosmic plan: from the serpent-form being’s side will arise a ninth nāga lineage on earth, orderly and bounded; the scene feels like a charter being spoken into existence.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives present even altered states as purposeful within cosmic order (maryādā) and divine planning.
The verse speaks of earthly establishment; the localized sacred site is named later as Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
No direct ritual; it is a declaration of destiny that frames later place-centered practice.