Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
स्थापिता नैकपद्येन तीरे नदनदीपतेः । पुनश्च ते तत्र महासुरेन्द्रा ममंथुरब्धिं सुरसत्तमैः सह
sthāpitā naikapadyena tīre nadanadīpateḥ | punaśca te tatra mahāsurendrā mamaṃthurabdhiṃ surasattamaiḥ saha
നൈകപദ്യൻ അവയെ നദീനദികളുടെ അധിപന്റെ തീരത്ത് സ്ഥാപിച്ചു. പിന്നെ അവിടെ മഹാസുരേന്ദ്രന്മാർ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദേവന്മാരോടൊപ്പം സമുദ്രം മഥിച്ചു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (implied as nadīpati)
Type: river
Scene: Naikapadya sets the newly emerged items on the riverbank; devas and asuras regroup and resume churning together, with the river’s sacred presence nearby.
FAQs
Powerful forces—even opposed—become instruments of cosmic unfolding when bound to a larger order; placement ‘on the riverbank’ hints at purification and restraint.
The verse gestures to a revered river setting (“lord of rivers”), aligning with Purāṇic sacred geography; the exact named tirtha is not specified in this snippet.
No explicit prescription; the mention of a riverbank contextually evokes tīrtha-associated purity practices, but none are stated.