Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
वाङ्मात्रेण हि विप्रस्य भिद्यते सकलं जगत् । ते यूयं गुरवोऽस्माकं विश्वकारणकारकाः । प्रसादपरमा नित्यं भवंतु भुवनेश्वराः
vāṅmātreṇa hi viprasya bhidyate sakalaṃ jagat | te yūyaṃ guravo'smākaṃ viśvakāraṇakārakāḥ | prasādaparamā nityaṃ bhavaṃtu bhuvaneśvarāḥ
Par la seule parole d’un brāhmane, le monde entier peut être mis en branle et transformé. Ainsi, vous—nos maîtres vénérables—êtes véritablement les artisans des causes qui façonnent l’univers. Puissiez-vous, seigneurs du monde, demeurer toujours voués à la grâce et répandre sans cesse votre faveur.
Devas (collectively), addressing the sages/gurus (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of sages seated in a sacred grove near a tīrtha; their spoken blessing radiates as visible waves shaping the world; supplicants bow, hands folded, seeking prasāda.
FAQs
Honor the guru and the brāhmaṇa, recognizing vāk-śakti (the sacred power of speech) as a force that shapes reality when aligned with dharma.
This verse functions as a reverential preface within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the immediate focus is on the authority of sages rather than naming a single tīrtha in this line.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the implied practice is guru-vandana (reverent honoring of teachers/sages) and seeking their prasāda (blessing).