Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
एतस्य च गुरुत्वं च प्रसादात्तव पद्मज । यथा भवति देवेश तया नीतिर्विधीयताम्
etasya ca gurutvaṃ ca prasādāttava padmaja | yathā bhavati deveśa tayā nītirvidhīyatām
हे पद्मज, तुझ्या प्रसादाने याचे गुरुत्वही (आचार्यपद) प्रस्थापित होवो. हे देवेश, ज्या प्रकारे ते खरेच सिद्ध होईल, त्या प्रकारे योग्य नीतीचे विधान व्हावे.
Narrative voice within Sūta’s account (addressing Brahmā)
Tirtha: purōttama-purī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee petitions the Lotus-born (Padmajā—Brahmā) and the Lord of gods to grant teacherly authority through grace and to ordain the proper path of conduct so it truly manifests.
FAQs
Teaching authority is not mere social status; it is a grace-backed responsibility to establish nīti—right conduct—in a sacred community.
The verse remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; it does not directly name the tīrtha in this line.
No specific rite is prescribed; it requests divine sanction for guruhood and the formal establishment of dharmic discipline.