Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100
सूत उवाच । एवं ते समयं कृत्वा चमत्कारपुरोद्भवाः । ब्राह्मणाः शांतिकं चक्रुर्हितार्थं तस्य भूपतेः
sūta uvāca | evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā camatkārapurodbhavāḥ | brāhmaṇāḥ śāṃtikaṃ cakrurhitārthaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ കരാർ നിശ്ചയിച്ച ശേഷം, അത്ഭുതനഗരത്തിൽ നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച ബ്രാഹ്മണർ ആ രാജാവിന്റെ ഹിതാർത്ഥം ശാന്തികർമങ്ങൾ അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു।
Sūta
Tirtha: Unnamed Kuṇḍa of the episode (kuṇḍa referenced next)
Type: kund
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied Sūta-saṃvāda frame)
Scene: Sūta narrates as brāhmaṇas, emerging from a wondrous city, assemble before a king and perform śāntika rites—sprinkling sanctified water, reciting mantras, and establishing auspiciousness.
FAQs
Dharma includes communal agreements and pacificatory rites performed by qualified brāhmaṇas for the wellbeing of society and rulers.
The broader passage concerns a tīrtha and its effects; this verse introduces actions leading into the tīrtha-related purification.
Śāṃtika (pacificatory) rites performed for the king’s welfare.