Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
श्रीमतां च तथान्येषामस्मदीयप्रसादतः । त्वं च मंडूक यत्तेन विजिह्वो वह्निना कृतः । तद्भविष्यति ते शब्दो विजिह्वस्यापि दीर्घगः
śrīmatāṃ ca tathānyeṣāmasmadīyaprasādataḥ | tvaṃ ca maṃḍūka yattena vijihvo vahninā kṛtaḥ | tadbhaviṣyati te śabdo vijihvasyāpi dīrghagaḥ
ഞങ്ങളുടെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ഇത് ഭാഗ്യവാന്മാർക്കും മറ്റുള്ളവർക്കും അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാകും. ഹേ മണ്ഡൂകാ! അഗ്നി നിന്നെ ‘വിജിഹ്വൻ’ ആക്കിയതിനാൽ, നിന്റെ ശബ്ദവും വിഭക്ത-ജിഹ്വനുപോലെ ദൂരഗാമിയാകും.
Devas (collectively, as benefactors in the narrative)
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: Devas address Maṇḍūka, marked as ‘split-tongued’ by fire, and grant a boon that his voice will travel far; the moment emphasizes varada-mudrā and the contrast between defect and empowered proclamation.
FAQs
Divine grace can transform even a perceived defect into a lasting spiritual capacity and blessing.
This verse functions as a narrative boon within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow, immediately before the shift to Agnitīrtha and Brahmakuṇḍa in the next adhyāya.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it records a boon (prasāda) bestowed by the devas.