Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
ततः प्रासादमासाद्य सुपर्णाख्यसमुद्भवम् । यावत्प्राप्तः परित्यक्तस्ताव त्प्राणैरुपोषितः
tataḥ prāsādamāsādya suparṇākhyasamudbhavam | yāvatprāptaḥ parityaktastāva tprāṇairupoṣitaḥ
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ ‘സുപർണാഖ്യ’ എന്ന സ്ഥലത്ത് ഉദ്ഭവിച്ച ആ പ്രാസാദ-ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ എത്തി. ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെട്ട നിലയിൽ, പ്രാണമാത്രം ആശ്രയിച്ച്, ഉപവാസംപോലെ സഹിച്ച് അവിടെ എത്തിച്ചേർന്നു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the verse)
Tirtha: Suparṇākhyā
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the edge of collapse, the pilgrim reaches a newly arisen temple at Suparṇākhyā; the prāsāda glows, and the man stands trembling, sustained only by breath, hands folded in añjali.
FAQs
Approaching a sacred shrine, even in utter destitution, is depicted as spiritually potent—arrival at the tīrtha/temple becomes the turning point.
The Suparṇākhyā-associated prāsāda (temple/shrine) within this kṣetra.
Upavāsa is implied through “upoṣitaḥ” (enduring without food), highlighting austerity caused by circumstance rather than formal vow.