Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
ब्रह्मोवाच साहाय्यमेतदस्माकं भवदीयं महोरगाः । गत्वानेन समं शीघ्रं नागराजेन तिष्ठत
brahmovāca sāhāyyametadasmākaṃ bhavadīyaṃ mahoragāḥ | gatvānena samaṃ śīghraṃ nāgarājena tiṣṭhata
梵天は告げた。「おお大いなる蛇たちよ、そなたらの助力は我らのためである。彼と共に速やかに赴き、ナーガ王と並んで守護に立て。」
Brahmā
Tirtha: Nāgatīrtha (destination implied)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Mahoragāḥ (great Nāgas)
Scene: Brahmā issues a crisp directive; Nāgas receive orders like a disciplined guard corps, preparing to accompany the Nāgarāja to a designated sacred station.
FAQs
Sacred rites (yajña) are to be protected with vigilance; divine order is maintained through timely, disciplined service.
Nāgatīrtha is being set up as the focal sacred site in this adhyāya’s narrative.
An instruction to stand guard and assist—protecting the yajña as a dharmic duty.