Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
सुशिष्यं तं परिज्ञाय विश्वासं परमं गतः । स्थगितां तां समादाय हेममात्रासमुद्भवाम्
suśiṣyaṃ taṃ parijñāya viśvāsaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | sthagitāṃ tāṃ samādāya hemamātrāsamudbhavām
അവനെ സുശിഷ്യനെന്ന് തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞ് അദ്ദേഹം പരമ വിശ്വാസത്തിലേക്ക് എത്തി. പിന്നെ സ്വർണമാത്രയോളം ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച ആ മറഞ്ഞിരുന്ന വസ്തു എടുത്തു.
Sūta (by narrative flow)
Tirtha: Murala
Type: ghat
Scene: The elder, now fully trusting the disciple, retrieves or prepares to retrieve a concealed object—its golden measure hinted—suggesting a secret cache or wrapped item being brought forth.
FAQs
The narrative highlights how trust is earned through proven discipleship—setting the stage for a moral test involving valuables.
The tirtha setting remains Murala’s bank, though not named directly in this verse.
None; the verse is narrative, introducing a concealed, gold-measured object.