Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
अत्र संपत्स्यते पुत्रो द्वादशार्कसमप्रभः । भवतीनामपि प्रायः पुत्रत्वं संप्रयास्यति
atra saṃpatsyate putro dvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ | bhavatīnāmapi prāyaḥ putratvaṃ saṃprayāsyati
«Ici naîtra un fils, éclatant comme douze soleils ; et pour vous aussi, d’une manière particulière, la maternité se manifestera».
Śatakratu (Indra) (implied continuation of the instruction)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sacred locale where a boon is pronounced: a future child blazing like twelve suns; women receiving assurance of motherhood as a miraculous tīrtha-phala.
FAQs
Sacred places are shown as wombs of destiny, where divine power takes form for the protection of dharma.
The verse praises the sanctity of “here” (atra) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; the exact toponym is outside this single-verse excerpt.
No explicit ritual instruction appears; the verse is prophetic and place-affirming.