Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
अद्यप्रभृति यस्यात्र नागरस्य तु मंदिरे । वृद्धिः संपत्स्यते काचिद्वि शेषान्मंडपोद्भवा
adyaprabhṛti yasyātra nāgarasya tu maṃdire | vṛddhiḥ saṃpatsyate kācidvi śeṣānmaṃḍapodbhavā
ഇന്നുമുതൽ ഇവിടെ ഏതു നഗരവാസിയുടെ വീട്ടിലും ഏതെങ്കിലും വർദ്ധി സംഭവിച്ചാൽ—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് മണ്ഡപനിർമ്മാണം/പ്രതിഷ്ഠയിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച വർദ്ധി—അതിന് ഇതായിരിക്കും ഫലം।
Unspecified in snippet (continuing directive/boon within the city’s māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Nāgara household prospers as a newly built maṇḍapa rises—pillars, festoons, consecration rites; townspeople gather, priests chant, offerings arranged.
FAQs
Sacred architecture and supportive acts for worship (like building a maṇḍapa) are presented as direct causes of auspicious increase.
The broader holy city-region of Nāgarakhaṇḍa is implied; the verse highlights merit within that locale rather than naming a distinct tirtha.
An implied prescription: establishing or supporting a maṇḍapa (pavilion) connected with worship, which yields prosperity.