Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तं पूरय ममादेशाद्द्रुतं गत्वाऽभिपांसुभिः । येन न स्याद्गतिस्तत्र कस्यचिन्मृत्युधर्मिणः
taṃ pūraya mamādeśāddrutaṃ gatvā'bhipāṃsubhiḥ | yena na syādgatistatra kasyacinmṛtyudharmiṇaḥ
« Par mon ordre, va promptement et comble cette caverne de sable, afin qu’aucun mortel —soumis à la loi de la mort— n’y trouve passage. »
Śakra (Indra)
Tirtha: Nāga-bila (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)
Type: cave
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Indra commands Vāyu to rush to the cavern and fill it with sand; the cave mouth is shown being choked by swirling sand carried on a powerful wind.
FAQs
Worldly power tries to restrict access, yet tīrtha-events ultimately reveal higher divine will beyond mere control.
The Mahānāga-bila within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse narrates Indra’s instruction to obstruct the passage.