Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
सूत उवाच । बाढमित्येव तेनोक्ते तत्क्षणाद्द्विजसत्तमाः । प्रादुर्भूतानि दिव्यानि तस्यास्त्राणि बहूनि च
sūta uvāca | bāḍhamityeva tenokte tatkṣaṇāddvijasattamāḥ | prādurbhūtāni divyāni tasyāstrāṇi bahūni ca
Sūta dit : «Lorsqu’il eut seulement prononcé : “Qu’il en soit ainsi”, ô meilleurs des deux-fois-nés, à l’instant même se manifestèrent nombre de ses armes divines.»
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijasattamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Sūta narrates: upon the simple utterance ‘So be it,’ divine weapons appear at once in great number, astonishing the assembled brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
In Purāṇic dharma, righteous intention joined to divine authority produces immediate protection and order.
The immediate line does not name a tīrtha; it supports the larger Tīrthamāhātmya episode by showing divine intervention tied to sacred context.
None directly; the verse describes a miraculous manifestation rather than a prescribed practice.