Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
हुंकारगर्भे मत्स्यं च दृष्ट्वा तं स महेश्वरः । तेजसा स्तंभयामास वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
huṃkāragarbhe matsyaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā taṃ sa maheśvaraḥ | tejasā staṃbhayāmāsa vākyametaduvāca ha
‘ഹും’കാരത്തിന്റെ ഗർഭത്തിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന ആ മത്സ്യത്തെ കണ്ട മഹേശ്വരൻ തന്റെ തേജസ്സാൽ അതിനെ സ്തംഭിപ്പിച്ചു; പിന്നെ ഈ വാക്കുകൾ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।
Brahmā (narrating); Maheśvara is the actor within the story
Type: kshetra
Scene: A dramatic moment: within a swirling ‘huṃ’ sound-visualization, the fish is seen; Maheśvara radiates fiery splendor, freezing the creature in place, then begins to speak.
FAQs
Divine sound-power and radiance (tejas) are portrayed as forces that restrain chaos and reveal sacred order.
The verse remains within the unnamed city/Kṣīrasāgara narrative frame; no explicit tīrtha name occurs here.
No direct prescription; it alludes to the potency of bīja-like sound (huṃ) as a sacred power.