Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
कृत्वाऽतिविपुलां गर्तां प्रविवेश ततः परम् । न कस्यचित्तदात्मानं दर्शयामास शूलधृक्
kṛtvā'tivipulāṃ gartāṃ praviveśa tataḥ param | na kasyacittadātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa śūladhṛk
បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះអ្នកកាន់ត្រីសូលបានបង្កើតរណ្តៅធំមហាសាល ហើយចូលទៅក្នុងនោះ; បន្ទាប់ពីនោះ ព្រះអង្គមិនបានបង្ហាញព្រះអង្គដល់នរណាម្នាក់ទៀតឡើយ។
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis (dvijottamāḥ addressed)
Scene: Śiva fashions a colossal pit in the earth and descends into it; the rim glows with subtle divine radiance while the world above falls into hushed astonishment.
FAQs
The divine can withdraw from ordinary visibility, yet leave behind a sanctified locus where grace remains accessible.
The ‘gartā’ (pit) itself—its creation by Śiva marks it as a powerful tīrtha-spot.
None explicitly; the narrative establishes the sanctity that supports later tīrtha practices.
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