Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
प्रवाहेण ततस्तस्याः समंतादंभसांनिधिः । भविष्यति सुसंपूर्णः सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
pravāheṇa tatastasyāḥ samaṃtādaṃbhasāṃnidhiḥ | bhaviṣyati susaṃpūrṇaḥ satyametanmayoditam
Alors, par le courant de son flot, l’océan—trésor et réceptacle des eaux—deviendra entièrement comblé de toutes parts. Ceci est vrai : telle est ma déclaration.
Agastya
Tirtha: Samudra/Varuṇālaya as Gaṅgā-receptacle tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic seascape now brimming and calm; Gaṅgā’s current merges seamlessly, and the ocean shines as a ‘treasure-house of waters’; Agastya’s declaration hangs like a benediction over the scene.
FAQs
Sacred waters are not merely symbolic—Purāṇic dharma presents them as agents of cosmic renewal and completeness.
Gaṅgā and the oceanic realm are jointly highlighted, linking river-tīrthas to the wider sacred seascape.
None.