Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
अथ धन्वतरिर्वैद्यः स्वबुद्ध्या पृथिवीपते । नागालाने यतो जाता नागवल्ली भविष्यति
atha dhanvatarirvaidyaḥ svabuddhyā pṛthivīpate | nāgālāne yato jātā nāgavallī bhaviṣyati
Alors Dhanvantari, le médecin divin, par sa propre intelligence, ô seigneur de la terre, déclara : «Puisqu’elle est née dans l’enclos de Nāgālaya, elle sera connue sous le nom de Nāgavallī (la liane du bétel).»
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Nāgālaya / Nāgālana
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pṛthivīpati (king)
Scene: Dhanvantari, radiant physician-deity, points to a newly arisen creeper inside a nāga-enclosure and proclaims its name Nāgavallī before the king.
FAQs
Even ordinary cultural practices gain sanctity when traced to dharmic, sacred origins remembered in Purāṇic tradition.
The verse points to a sacred precinct called “Nāgālaya/Nāgālāna,” treated as a sanctified place of origin within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative.
No direct injunction is given here; it establishes the sacred naming/origin of Nāgavallī, which later supports tāmbūla-related ritual culture.