Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
ब्रह्मलोकं तदा कृत्स्नं प्लावयित्वा जलं हि तत् । शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं कुन्देन्दुसदृशद्युति । मत्स्यकच्छपसंकीर्णं ग्राहयूथैः समाकुलम्
brahmalokaṃ tadā kṛtsnaṃ plāvayitvā jalaṃ hi tat | śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ kundendusadṛśadyuti | matsyakacchapasaṃkīrṇaṃ grāhayūthaiḥ samākulam
Cette eau submergea alors tout Brahmaloka. Elle brillait comme un cristal pur, éclatante comme le jasmin et la lune—pleine de poissons et de tortues, et encombrée de troupes de crocodiles.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (Gaṅgā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/sages
Scene: A vast, luminous expanse of water floods Brahmaloka, sparkling like crystal; aquatic beings—fish, tortoises, and crocodile schools—move within the radiant flood.
FAQs
Sacred waters are portrayed as cosmically vast and intrinsically purifying, worthy of reverence as a manifestation of divine order.
The passage is part of the glorification of Viṣṇupadī/gaṅgā-tīrtha (the sacred current later identified as Gaṅgā).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a descriptive praise (māhātmya) of the holy water’s nature and radiance.