Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
किं ते कारणमेतद्धि किं वा मन्त्रसमुद्भवः । प्रभावोऽयं महाभागेगुह्यं चेन्नो वदस्व नः
kiṃ te kāraṇametaddhi kiṃ vā mantrasamudbhavaḥ | prabhāvo'yaṃ mahābhāgeguhyaṃ cenno vadasva naḥ
ഇതിനുള്ള കാരണം എന്താണ്? അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഈ പ്രഭാവം മന്ത്രജന്യമോ? ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ്യവതീ, ഇത് രഹസ്യമാക്കേണ്ടതല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഞങ്ങളോട് പറയുക.
Saptnyaḥ (co-wives)
Tirtha: Pañcapiṇḍikā (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: Co-wives lean forward in earnest inquiry, one gesturing toward the clay icon; Padmāvatī listens, composed, as if weighing whether to reveal a secret.
FAQs
Sacred practices may carry hidden discipline and mantra-power, and should be learned respectfully from a proper source.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as part of the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
No prescription; it asks whether the observed effect is due to mantra-origin power.