Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
मर्त्यलोके समानेतुं प्रचारं येन गच्छति । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय तस्मै तां प्रददौ तदा
martyaloke samānetuṃ pracāraṃ yena gacchati | sa tatheti pratijñāya tasmai tāṃ pradadau tadā
ಅದು ಮತ್ಯಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದು ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಲೆಂದು, ಅವನು “ತಥಾಸ್ತು” ಎಂದು ಪ್ರತಿಜ್ಞೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ಆ ವೇಳೆಯೇ ಅದನ್ನು ಅವನಿಗೆ ನೀಡಿದನು.
Narrator
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, after hearing the king’s request, raises a hand in assent (‘tathāstu’), then ceremonially hands over a living nāgavallī cutting or vine bundle, signifying sanctioned spread to the mortal world.
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Puranic narratives often explain worldly customs as arising from divine permissions and human requests.
No specific tīrtha is named in this line; it advances the origin-story within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
None; it describes the granting of a boon and its intended spread.
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