Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
ब्रह्मोवाच । तवार्थे कल्पयिष्यामि स्थानेऽत्रैव महाह्रदम् । अगम्यं सर्वमर्त्यानां तत्र त्वं स्थातुमर्हसि
brahmovāca | tavārthe kalpayiṣyāmi sthāne'traiva mahāhradam | agamyaṃ sarvamartyānāṃ tatra tvaṃ sthātumarhasi
Brahmā dit : «Pour toi, je façonnerai ici même un grand lac, inaccessible à tous les mortels. Là, tu dois demeurer.»
Brahmā
Tirtha: Citraśilā-madhya Sarasvatī-mahāhrada
Type: kund
Listener: (Implied) Sarasvatī / addressed beneficiary in the narrative
Scene: Brahmā, four-faced and radiant, gestures over a rocky sacred field as a vast lake manifests; the atmosphere is numinous, with lotus buds and a veiled presence of Sarasvatī awaiting her protected abode.
FAQs
Divine compassion establishes sacred geography while also safeguarding sanctity through protected spaces.
The Mahāhrada (great lake) created as Sarasvatī’s secure dwelling-place at the tīrtha.
No direct rite; it narrates the divine founding (pratiṣṭhā) of a protected sacred water-body.