Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
यत्र शक्रसमादेशात्पूरितं पांसुभिः पुरा । संवर्तकेन रौद्रेण वायुना तीर्थमुत्तमम्
yatra śakrasamādeśātpūritaṃ pāṃsubhiḥ purā | saṃvartakena raudreṇa vāyunā tīrthamuttamam
Di situlah pada zaman dahulu, atas titah Śakra, tīrtha yang utama itu dipenuhi debu oleh angin ganas Saṃvartaka, angin pemusnah dunia.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the Ṛṣis (deduced)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: A sacred waterbody or ford is overwhelmed by swirling dust; Indra (Śakra) in the sky issues command; the Saṃvartaka wind is personified as a fierce force, yet the tīrtha’s sanctity glows beneath the covering.
FAQs
Even when a tīrtha is hidden or obstructed by cosmic forces, its sanctity remains, guarded within divine order.
The ‘supreme tīrtha’ of this adhyāya, later connected with Hāṭakeśvara/Acaleśvara in the same narrative.
None is stated; this verse provides a mythic account of the tīrtha being covered.