Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 109
तत्रस्थस्य निरस्तस्य ये पुत्राः स्युर्द्विजोत्तमाः । तेषां संततयो ऽद्यापि ते प्रोक्ता बाह्यवासिनः
tatrasthasya nirastasya ye putrāḥ syurdvijottamāḥ | teṣāṃ saṃtatayo 'dyāpi te proktā bāhyavāsinaḥ
«Ô brāhmanes éminents, les fils qui lui naquirent tandis qu’il demeurait là, comme en exil—et leurs descendants jusqu’à ce jour—sont appelés “Bāhyavāsins”, ceux qui résident au-dehors.»
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijottama/brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha)
Scene: A small settlement outside the main sacred precinct: families living beyond a boundary marker, elders recounting the exile-origin of the ‘Bāhyavāsins’ to visiting brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-stories explain how dharma, error, and penance shape communities and identities across generations.
Nāgahrada, shown as a place where a banished brāhmaṇa settled and from which a lineage designation arose.
None directly; the verse records an etiological tradition (naming of descendants) tied to tīrtha-residence.