Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
स यथा तत्र क्षेत्रे तु संश्रितो भगवान्स्वयम् । जलशायिस्वरूपेण तच्छृशुध्वं समाहिताः
sa yathā tatra kṣetre tu saṃśrito bhagavānsvayam | jalaśāyisvarūpeṇa tacchṛśudhvaṃ samāhitāḥ
Écoutez maintenant, l’esprit recueilli, comment le Seigneur lui-même a pris refuge en ce kṣetra sacré, se manifestant sous la forme de Jalaśāyī, Celui qui repose sur les eaux.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijāḥ / dvijottamāḥ (twice-born listeners)
Scene: A sacred field by water: the Lord manifest as Jalaśāyī—Viṣṇu reclining on Śeṣa upon a lotus-strewn expanse of water—while attentive listeners sit with folded hands, urged to hear with concentrated minds.
FAQs
The same supreme Lord can be cosmically enthroned and yet locally present in a kṣetra for devotees’ benefit.
A particular kṣetra featuring Jalaśāyī (connected to a cave-entrance in the surrounding verses) is being introduced for glorification.
An injunction to listen attentively (samāhitāḥ) to the māhātmya explaining the deity’s manifestation.