Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
अथाऽयाताश्च तं बालं सर्वे ते मुनि सत्तमाः । आगत्य वसुधापृष्ठं तस्यैवाश्रमसंनिधौ
athā'yātāśca taṃ bālaṃ sarve te muni sattamāḥ | āgatya vasudhāpṛṣṭhaṃ tasyaivāśramasaṃnidhau
Alors tous ces sages éminents s’approchèrent de l’enfant ; parvenus à la surface de la terre, tout près de ce même āśrama, ils le déposèrent là.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha (contextual proximity)
Type: ghat
Scene: A group of radiant sages, travel-worn yet luminous, arrive carrying or escorting a young boy; they gently set him down on the earth near a hermitage clearing.
FAQs
Holy places are approached through the guidance of realized sages; sacred geography is entered with humility and care.
The episode is situated in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya stream and leads into the context of Agnitīrtha mentioned in the next verse.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it narrates the sages’ arrival and placement of the boy near the hermitage.