Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
तत्रस्थस्य तपस्थस्य नागः कर्कोटको निजम् । तव दास्यति सत्कन्यां ततः सृष्टिर्भविष्यति
tatrasthasya tapasthasya nāgaḥ karkoṭako nijam | tava dāsyati satkanyāṃ tataḥ sṛṣṭirbhaviṣyati
അവിടെ താമസിച്ച് തപസ്സിൽ നിരതനായ നിനക്ക് നാഗൻ കർക്കോടകൻ തന്റെ സത്കന്യയെ നൽകും; ആ സംയോഗത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വംശസൃഷ്ടി ഉണ്ടാകും.
Unspecified (narrative prophecy within Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / (water later called Nāga-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (frame not in excerpt)
Scene: A tapasvin seated in meditation near the sacred water; the Nāga Karkoṭaka emerges—serpentine, regal—offering a veiled maiden in kanyā-dāna gesture, signifying a destined lineage.
FAQs
Steadfast tapas performed at a sacred tīrtha bears tangible fruits—dharma, continuity of lineage, and divinely guided outcomes.
The passage belongs to the Nāgatīrtha-māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, praising a Nāga-associated tīrtha (Nāgatīrtha).
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on residing at the tīrtha and practicing austerity (tapas).