Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
ततस्तूर्णं समादाय मृत्तिकां स नदीतटात् । चकार भारतीं देवीं स्वयमेव चतुर्भुजाम्
tatastūrṇaṃ samādāya mṛttikāṃ sa nadītaṭāt | cakāra bhāratīṃ devīṃ svayameva caturbhujām
പിന്നീട് അവൻ വേഗത്തിൽ നദീതീരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മണ്ണെടുത്തു, സ്വയം ചതുര്ഭുജയായ ഭാരതീദേവിയുടെ പ്രതിമ നിർമ്മിച്ചു।
Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: On the riverbank, the king kneads sacred clay and shapes a four-armed Sarasvatī/Bhāratī image, focused and reverent; attendants gather offerings nearby.
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Devotion becomes tangible through sincere effort—creating and worshipping a simple image can be spiritually potent.
A sacred riverbank tīrtha connected with Sarasvatī/Bhāratī in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Collecting riverbank clay and fashioning a deity image (mṛttikā-mūrti) for worship.