Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
एवमुक्त्वा सहस्रांशुस्तत्रैवां तरधीयत । दीपवल्लक्षितो नैव केन मार्गेण निर्गतः
evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustatraivāṃ taradhīyata | dīpavallakṣito naiva kena mārgeṇa nirgataḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞിട്ട് സഹസ്രാംശു അവിടെയേ അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു. ദീപംപോലും ദൃശ്യമല്ല; ഏത് മാർഗ്ഗംകൊണ്ട് പോയെന്നതും അറിയപ്പെടില്ല।
Narrator (contextual; reporting Sūrya’s departure)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame audience, implied)
Scene: Immediately after speaking, Sūrya’s form dissolves into pure radiance; the space where he stood is empty, leaving only a fading aura, while the onlooker searches the sky and directions in bewilderment.
FAQs
The divine is not bound by ordinary movement or visibility; revelation and withdrawal occur by divine will.
The episode is situated in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
None directly; it concludes the instruction by narrating Sūrya’s disappearance.