Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
यावत्संधारयेद्भूमिस्तमश्वत्थं नराधिप । कृतोद्वाहं समं शम्या तावद्वंशोऽपि तिष्ठति
yāvatsaṃdhārayedbhūmistamaśvatthaṃ narādhipa | kṛtodvāhaṃ samaṃ śamyā tāvadvaṃśo'pi tiṣṭhati
Wahai raja, selama bumi masih menanggung pokok aśvattha itu, selama itulah keturunan juga tetap bertahan—teguh seakan-akan telah ditegakkan dengan upacara yang sempurna dan asas yang kukuh.
Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrator addressing a king; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Aśvattha-pratiṣṭhā (as a merit-anchor)
Type: kshetra
Listener: narādhipa
Scene: A flourishing aśvattha stands rooted and protected; behind it, a visual metaphor of an unbroken family line (ancestors-descendants) indicating vaṃśa continuity as long as the tree endures.
FAQs
Sustaining sacred dharmic supports—like the aśvattha planted for the Pitṛs—symbolically and karmically sustains one’s lineage.
Not specified in this verse; the emphasis is on the merit of aśvattha establishment within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
Continued maintenance of the established aśvattha as a long-term dharmic observance tied to family continuity.