Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
यमाराध्य च तैः पूर्वं शक्रामर्षसमन्वितैः । गरुडो जनितः पक्षी ख्यातो विष्णुरथोऽत्र यः
yamārādhya ca taiḥ pūrvaṃ śakrāmarṣasamanvitaiḥ | garuḍo janitaḥ pakṣī khyāto viṣṇuratho'tra yaḥ
ज्याची त्यांनी पूर्वी शक्र (इंद्र) याच्याविषयी रोषयुक्त होऊन आराधना केली, त्या आराधनेतून गरुड हा पक्षी उत्पन्न झाला; जो येथे विष्णूचा वाहन म्हणून प्रसिद्ध आहे.
Sūta (continued)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa (Vālakhilya-liṅga precinct)
Type: temple
Listener: ṛṣayaḥ
Scene: Vālakhilya sages worship a liṅga with intense austerity; Indra is shown in the background as the object of their indignation; from the sacrificial/ascetic energy emerges Garuḍa—radiant, winged, powerful—signaling Viṣṇu’s future mount.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives connect divine outcomes to acts of worship, showing how tapas and devotion shape cosmic events.
The Vālakhilya-consecrated liṅga site within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, linked to the episode of Garuḍa’s manifestation.
The verse references prior worship (ārādhana) of the deity/liṅga by the Vālakhilyas; no step-by-step rite is detailed.