Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
नातिदीर्घेण कालेन ततस्तस्याभव तत्सुतः । यथोक्तस्तेन देवेन सर्वलक्षणलक्षितः
nātidīrgheṇa kālena tatastasyābhava tatsutaḥ | yathoktastena devena sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ
അധികകാലം കഴിയുംമുമ്പേ അവന് ഒരു പുത്രൻ ജനിച്ചു—ആ ദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെ—അവൻ എല്ലാ മംഗളലക്ഷണങ്ങളാലും ലക്ഷിതനായിരുന്നു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vaṭa-sthala of Sūrya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A newborn son appears in Gālava’s family, radiant with auspicious signs, fulfilling Sūrya’s promise.
FAQs
Divine promises in tīrtha worship are presented as reliable: faith and prescribed observance culminate in tangible blessings.
The narrative supports the fame of Vaṭāditya/Vaṭeśvara as a giver of boons, especially progeny.
No new prescription; it reports the fruition of the earlier Saptamī devotion/fast.