Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
ततः स्वस्थः स भूत्वा तु हरिर्दैत्यैर्निपातितैः । प्रोवाच पद्मजं नाम भूतस्यास्य कुरुष्व भोः
tataḥ svasthaḥ sa bhūtvā tu harirdaityairnipātitaiḥ | provāca padmajaṃ nāma bhūtasyāsya kuruṣva bhoḥ
そのときハリ（ヴィシュヌ）は、ダイティヤらを打ち倒して心静まり、蓮華より生まれし者パドマジャ（梵天）に告げた。「おお尊者よ、この存在に名を授け給え。」
Hari (Viṣṇu)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Post-battle serenity: Hari, composed, addresses Padmaja (Brahmā) requesting a name for the being; devas stand at ease; the being awaits designation.
FAQs
Restoration of order includes definition and naming—cosmic roles are formalized through divine counsel.
This line is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya sequence, but it does not specify the tīrtha by name.
None; it concerns the naming of a being, not a ritual injunction.
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