Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
ततश्च सिकतौघेना तत्क्षणात्पद्मसंभवः । छादयामास तद्रेतो यथा कश्चिन्न बुद्ध्यते
tataśca sikataughenā tatkṣaṇātpadmasaṃbhavaḥ | chādayāmāsa tadreto yathā kaścinna buddhyate
അന്നേ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ പദ്മസംഭവനായ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് മണലിന്റെ പ്രബലപ്രവാഹംകൊണ്ട് ആ രേതസ് മൂടി; ആരും അതറിയാതിരിക്കുവാൻ.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, lotus-born, swiftly summons a cascading sheet of sand that blankets a pale, radiant deposit on the ground; the act is protective and secretive.
FAQs
Hidden actions still carry karmic consequences; purity and accountability are central to Purāṇic dharma.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative leading to the fame of Rudraśiraḥ (a Śaiva tīrtha associated with Śiva’s ordinance).
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it sets up the later prāyaścitta (atonement) instruction.