Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
तथान्ये मध्यमाः प्रोचुर्यत्र साक्षाज्जनार्दनः । स्वयं प्रार्थयते भूमिं तत्कस्मान्न प्रदीयते
tathānye madhyamāḥ procuryatra sākṣājjanārdanaḥ | svayaṃ prārthayate bhūmiṃ tatkasmānna pradīyate
मग काही जण मध्यम मार्ग घेत म्हणाले—जिथे साक्षात् जनार्दन स्वतः भूमीची याचना करीत आहेत, तिथे ती का देऊ नये?
Sūta (narration continuing)
Tirtha: Janārdana-sannidhi at Prabhāsa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of mediators speaks: ‘If Janārdana himself asks, why deny?’ The scene shows a subtle theophany—Janārdana’s presence sanctifying the deliberation.
FAQs
When the divine purpose is evident, withholding support becomes unreasonable; dāna becomes a direct act of devotion and dharma.
The verse is situated in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; it highlights divine involvement (Janārdana) rather than naming the site in this line.
The implied act is bhūmi-dāna (donation of land) for a sacred purpose.