Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 1
नारद उवाच । ममापि पार्थ तत्रास्ति मूर्तिर्ब्राह्मणकाम्यया । तत्र नाहं त्यजाम्यंग च्छत्रदण्डविभूषिताम्
nārada uvāca | mamāpi pārtha tatrāsti mūrtirbrāhmaṇakāmyayā | tatra nāhaṃ tyajāmyaṃga cchatradaṇḍavibhūṣitām
नारद बोले—हे पार्थ, वहाँ भी ब्राह्मणों की अभिलाषा से मेरी एक मूर्ति है। हे प्रिय, मैं वहाँ छत्र और दण्ड से विभूषित उस स्वरूप को नहीं छोड़ता।
Nārada
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna (Pārtha)
Scene: Nārada, holding vīṇā, points out a revered standing mūrti at a tīrtha; the icon is distinguished by a white umbrella (chatra) and a staff (daṇḍa), with brāhmaṇas gathered in reverent expectation while Arjuna listens.
FAQs
Holy places are understood to hold enduring divine presences; devotion and the aspirations of the righteous (especially brāhmaṇas) are honored there.
The verse refers to “there” (tatra) continuing the prior chapter’s locale; the exact site name is not repeated in this line.
No explicit rite; it asserts the presence of a worship-worthy manifestation (mūrti) associated with Nārada.