Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
तत्प्रभावाद्गतिस्तस्य तत्र जाता सदैव हि । सभृत्यपरिवारस्य नान्यदस्तीह कारणम्
tatprabhāvādgatistasya tatra jātā sadaiva hi | sabhṛtyaparivārasya nānyadastīha kāraṇam
«Par la puissance de cette (austérité au tīrtha), son obtention s’est établie là, en vérité, pour toujours. Pour lui, avec ses serviteurs et son entourage, il n’y a ici nulle autre cause.»
Śukra
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vṛtra
Scene: Śukra emphasizes the power of the tapas and the tīrtha: Indra’s ‘gati’ is fixed there, and even his attendants share in the fruit; the scene is didactic, with Śukra’s teaching gesture.
FAQs
Spiritual attainment is attributed to the combined potency of tapas and the sacred place (tīrtha-prabhāva), not to worldly accidents.
Naimiṣāraṇya, whose ‘prabhāva’ is portrayed as a direct cause of exalted gati.
No new prescription is given; it emphasizes causality: the fruit comes from tapas performed at the tīrtha.