Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
तच्छ्रुत्वा तं समानीय सांकृतिं तत्र पद्मजः । प्रोवाच सांत्वपूर्वं च वृकस्यास्य द्विजोत्तम
tacchrutvā taṃ samānīya sāṃkṛtiṃ tatra padmajaḥ | provāca sāṃtvapūrvaṃ ca vṛkasyāsya dvijottama
हे ऐकून पद्मज (ब्रह्मा) यांनी तेथे सांकृतीला बोलावून आणले आणि, हे द्विजोत्तम, त्या वृकाला सांत्वनापूर्वक वचन सांगितले।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Type: kund
Listener: dvijottama (addressed audience within the frame)
Scene: Brahmā gestures as Saṃkṛti arrives; Vṛka is comforted. The composition shows a triad: deity, sage, devotee—signaling transition from request to fulfillment.
FAQs
Divine boons often unfold through appointed agents; compassion and reassurance accompany restoration.
No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Māhātmya narrative sequence.
No formal rite is prescribed; the verse describes summoning Saṃkṛti as part of fulfilling the boon.