Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तथान्यदपि तत्रास्ति तडागं देवनिर्मितम् । यत्रानर्तो नृपः सिद्धः सुहयो नाम नामतः
| sūta uvāca | tathānyadapi tatrāsti taḍāgaṃ devanirmitam | yatrānarto nṛpaḥ siddhaḥ suhayo nāma nāmataḥ
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവിടെ ദേവന്മാർ നിർമ്മിച്ച മറ്റൊരു തടാകവും ഉണ്ട്; അവിടെ ‘സുഹയ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ആനർത്ത രാജാവ് സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചു।
Sūta
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta narrates to assembled sages in a forest āśrama; in the narrative-vision, a luminous pond appears, said to be fashioned by gods, with a royal figure (Suhaya/Ānarta) performing austerity at its bank.
FAQs
Divinely sanctified waters (taḍāga) within a kṣetra can become the setting where even rulers attain spiritual accomplishment.
A deva-made sacred pond (taḍāga) located in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s described region; its proper name is not stated in this verse.
None explicitly here; the verse introduces the tīrtha and its famed result (siddhi).