Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
अथ गाथा पुरा गीता नारदेन सुरर्षिणा । दृष्ट्वा पुत्रप्रदं देवं वटादित्यं सुरेश्वरम्
atha gāthā purā gītā nāradena surarṣiṇā | dṛṣṭvā putrapradaṃ devaṃ vaṭādityaṃ sureśvaram
അപ്പോൾ ദേവർഷി നാരദൻ പൂർവകാലത്ത് ഈ ഗാഥ പാടുകയുണ്ടായി—പുത്രപ്രദനായ സുരേശ്വരൻ വടാദിത്യ ദേവനെ ദർശിച്ച്।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vaṭāditya / Sāmbasūrya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada, radiant and veena-bearing, beholds Vaṭāditya—Sūrya as a lordly deity associated with a sacred banyan (vaṭa)—and sings an ancient gāthā praising the son-bestowing power.
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When a tīrtha’s power is witnessed by exalted sages like Nārada, its praise becomes a transmitted hymn, strengthening faith and remembrance.
Vaṭāditya, the Sūrya-associated sacred presence linked to the banyan (vaṭa).
Introduction to a hymn (gāthā/stotra) attributed to Nārada; the next verses would typically contain the recitation content.