Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
सा तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय साहसेन समन्विता । दिव्यग्रहं ततश्चक्रे यथोक्तविधिना सती
sā tatheti pratijñāya sāhasena samanvitā | divyagrahaṃ tataścakre yathoktavidhinā satī
ആ സതി ‘തഥാസ്തു’ എന്നു പ്രതിജ്ഞ ചെയ്ത്, ധൈര്യത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞവളായി, നിർദ്ദേശിച്ച വിധിപ്രകാരം അപ്പോൾ ദിവ്യപരീക്ഷ നിർവഹിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Type: kshetra/temple precinct (implied)
Scene: She accepts the challenge and begins the divine ordeal with steady composure; priests arrange ritual implements; the assembly watches in silence as the test commences.
FAQs
Dharma is linked with proper procedure (vidhi) and steadfastness; claims are validated through accepted sacred norms.
Not named in this verse; the tīrtha’s greatness is typically demonstrated by such truth-revealing events in the larger passage.
The divyagraha is to be performed according to yathokta-vidhi (the prescribed method).