Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
यथा स तत्र निर्यात आगतश्च यथा पुरा । आलापाः पद्मयोनेश्च यथा जातास्त्वनेकशः
yathā sa tatra niryāta āgataśca yathā purā | ālāpāḥ padmayoneśca yathā jātāstvanekaśaḥ
ते विचारू लागले—तो तेथून कसा निघून गेला आणि पूर्वीप्रमाणे कसा परत आला; तसेच पद्मयोनि ब्रह्मदेवाशी नानाविध किती संवाद झाले?
Narrator (reporting the brāhmaṇas’ questions)
Scene: A circle of sages/seekers questioning a narrator about a wondrous departure and return, with Brahmā (Padmayoni) envisioned in the background as the source of many conversations; palm-leaf manuscripts and a tīrtha landscape suggested behind them.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching values careful recounting of sacred experiences, so that listeners may discern dharma and divine order.
The questions arise within the Gartā-tīrtha-centered chapter, linking extraordinary events back to the tīrtha’s sanctity.
None; the verse frames a request for testimony about divine encounters and journeys.
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