Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
तत्प्रभावादयं प्राप्तो जैमिनिर्नाम सद्द्विजः । कात्यायनि यथा दृष्टस्त्वया किं कीर्तितैः परैः
tatprabhāvādayaṃ prāpto jaiminirnāma saddvijaḥ | kātyāyani yathā dṛṣṭastvayā kiṃ kīrtitaiḥ paraiḥ
त्या व्रताच्या प्रभावाने जैमिनी नावाचा हा सद्द्विज येथे प्राप्त झाला आहे. हे कात्यायनी, जे तू स्वतः पाहिले आहेस, त्यासाठी इतरांच्या वर्णनांची काय गरज?
Śāṇḍilya (continuing narration; addressing Kātyāyanī)
Listener: (Implied audience of the kathā; within story Kātyāyanī is addressed)
Scene: A didactic moment: an elder woman-sage (Śāṇḍilyā) points to the realized outcome—Jaimini’s presence/attainment—while addressing Kātyāyanī, implying that the miracle is self-evident and needs no further praise.
FAQs
The Purāṇic method of proof is experiential: the fruit of worship is asserted as directly witnessed, making further praise secondary.
This verse emphasizes the observable ‘prabhāva’ (power) of the observance within the tīrtha narrative, without naming a specific site.
No new prescription; it points to the result produced ‘by the power of that’ previously described worship/vrata.