Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
उपरिष्टाद्बकैर्हंसैर्भ्रममाणैः समंततः । आटिभिर्मद्गुभिश्चैव समन्ताज्जलपक्षिभिः
upariṣṭādbakairhaṃsairbhramamāṇaiḥ samaṃtataḥ | āṭibhirmadgubhiścaiva samantājjalapakṣibhiḥ
മുകളിലും ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാടവും ചുറ്റി പറക്കുന്ന കൊക്കുകളും ഹംസങ്ങളും, കൂടാതെ ആടി, മദ്ഗു മുതലായ ജലപക്ഷികളും ആ പ്രദേശം മുഴുവൻ നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a māhātmya frame)
Type: sangam
Scene: A wide sacred waterscape: cranes and swans wheel overhead; smaller aquatic birds skim and dive; the surface glitters, suggesting a tīrtha alive with movement and sound.
FAQs
A tīrtha is recognized not only by doctrine but by auspicious atmosphere—nature itself appears harmonious and sanctified.
The verse sets the scene for a riverine tīrtha/āśrama landscape in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, without naming the site in this line alone.
None explicitly; it is a descriptive marker of a sacred place.