Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
सूत उवाच । बाढमित्येव तेनोक्ते सांकृतेन महात्मना । उत्थितौ सहसा पादौ तस्य गात्रात्पुनर्नवौ
sūta uvāca | bāḍhamityeva tenokte sāṃkṛtena mahātmanā | utthitau sahasā pādau tasya gātrātpunarnavau
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാത്മാവായ സാംകൃതൻ ‘ബാഢം’ (തഥാസ്തു) എന്നു പറഞ്ഞതുമാത്രത്തിൽ, അവന്റെ ശരീരത്തിൽ സഹസാ വീണ്ടും രണ്ടു പുതിയ പാദങ്ങൾ ഉദിച്ചു।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates as Sāṃkṛta, the great-souled one, gives assent; instantly two new feet arise on the being’s body—captured mid-emergence with astonished onlookers.
FAQs
A tīrtha-centered dharmic act can manifest tangible transformation, symbolizing renewal through merit and divine grace.
The excerpt does not name the tīrtha directly, though it occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it reports the miraculous outcome following Sāṃkṛta’s assent.