Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
ततस्तथेति तं प्रोचुः प्रहृष्टा वायुभोजनाः । स च तेभ्यः पुरीं दत्त्वा निवृत्तो नागपूजितः
tatastatheti taṃ procuḥ prahṛṣṭā vāyubhojanāḥ | sa ca tebhyaḥ purīṃ dattvā nivṛtto nāgapūjitaḥ
तेव्हा आनंदित वायुभोजी नागांनी त्याला म्हटले, “तथास्तु।” आणि तो त्यांना एक पुरी देऊन, नागांनी पूजित-सन्मानित होऊन परतला।
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context: likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nāgas, delighted, pronounce ‘So be it’; Suhṛdaya grants them a city; he departs honored, with nāgas performing worship and escorting him.
FAQs
Merit leads to mutual uplift: blessings are fulfilled, and gratitude is expressed through honor and gifts.
No named tīrtha; the verse mentions the granting of a “purī” (city) without specifying location.
None; it narrates consent to a boon and an act of gifting.