Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
एतान्येव दिनानीह नायातास्तेन पद्मज । औदुंबरीं वयं श्रुत्वा ह्यपूर्वां तेन संगताः
etānyeva dinānīha nāyātāstena padmaja | auduṃbarīṃ vayaṃ śrutvā hyapūrvāṃ tena saṃgatāḥ
ഹേ പദ്മജ (ബ്രഹ്മാ)! അന്നുമുതൽ ഇന്നുവരെ ഇത്ര കുറച്ച് ദിവസങ്ങളേ കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ടുള്ളൂ. ആ അത്ഭുതകരമായ, അപൂർവമായ ഔദുംബരിയെക്കുറിച്ച് കേട്ട് ഞങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം ഒന്നിച്ചു വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു।
Unspecified (narrative voice within Nāgara-khaṇḍa; likely a group addressing Brahmā/Padmaja)
Tirtha: Audumbarī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas speak to Brahmā: only a few days have passed; hearing of the wondrous Audumbarī, they have assembled—suggesting swift celestial travel and collective excitement.
FAQs
Śravaṇa (hearing) of a tīrtha’s greatness draws seekers into saṅgati (holy gathering), which is itself a catalyst for dharma and merit.
Audumbarī is highlighted as an extraordinary sacred presence associated with tīrtha-mahātmya in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa context.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on hearing the mahātmya and assembling in reverence.
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