Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
देवा ऊचुः । अद्यप्रभृति लोकेऽत्र गर्त्तेयं तव शोभने । दीर्घिकेति सुविख्याता भविष्यति जगत्त्रये
devā ūcuḥ | adyaprabhṛti loke'tra gartteyaṃ tava śobhane | dīrghiketi suvikhyātā bhaviṣyati jagattraye
देव म्हणाले—हे शोभने! आजपासून या लोकील हा सरोवर-गर्त ‘दीर्घिका’ या नावाने त्रैलोक्यात सुप्रसिद्ध होईल।
Devas
Tirtha: Dīrghikā
Type: kund
Listener: dvijottama (addressed as ‘O best of the twice-born’)
Scene: A radiant assembly of devas pronounces the sacred name ‘Dīrghikā’ over a newly sanctified pond-basin; the water gleams, lotuses bloom, and the atmosphere suggests the tīrtha’s fame spreading through the three worlds.
FAQs
Divine affirmation establishes and publicizes tīrtha power; sacred sites gain authority through dharmic origin stories and celestial sanction.
Dīrghikā—the pond-basin in this locale, declared to be famous across the three worlds.
No explicit prescription in this verse; it functions as a tīrtha-pratiṣṭhā (sanctioning) statement that supports later acts like snāna, darśana, and pilgrimage.
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