Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
एतेषामेव लिंगानां सप्तानां ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः । नापमृत्यु भयं तस्य कथंचित्संभविष्यति
eteṣāmeva liṃgānāṃ saptānāṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ | nāpamṛtyu bhayaṃ tasya kathaṃcitsaṃbhaviṣyati
हे उत्तम ब्राह्मणांनो, जो या सात लक्षणांत दृढ निष्ठा ठेवतो, त्याला अकाली मृत्यूचे भय कधीही कोणत्याही प्रकारे होत नाही.
Narrative voice (Purāṇic exposition; addressing brāhmaṇas/sages)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas (addressed as brāhmaṇa-uttamāḥ)
Scene: Sage-narration to brāhmaṇas: the ‘seven indicators’ are symbolically shown as seven luminous emblems around a central protective aura, signifying freedom from apamṛtyu.
FAQs
Right knowledge of sacred indicators and faithful adherence brings protection and steadiness against misfortune.
The discourse belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya setting, though this verse promises a general protective fruit.
Implicitly, learning/reciting and holding to the ‘seven indicators’ taught in the preceding context.
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