Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 109
तत्रस्थस्य निरस्तस्य ये पुत्राः स्युर्द्विजोत्तमाः । तेषां संततयो ऽद्यापि ते प्रोक्ता बाह्यवासिनः
tatrasthasya nirastasya ye putrāḥ syurdvijottamāḥ | teṣāṃ saṃtatayo 'dyāpi te proktā bāhyavāsinaḥ
“Wahai Brāhmaṇa yang utama, anak-anak lelaki yang lahir baginya ketika beliau tinggal di sana dalam keadaan terbuang—keturunan mereka hingga kini dikenal sebagai ‘Bāhyavāsin’, yakni mereka yang berdiam di luar.”
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijottama/brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha)
Scene: A small settlement outside the main sacred precinct: families living beyond a boundary marker, elders recounting the exile-origin of the ‘Bāhyavāsins’ to visiting brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha-stories explain how dharma, error, and penance shape communities and identities across generations.
Nāgahrada, shown as a place where a banished brāhmaṇa settled and from which a lineage designation arose.
None directly; the verse records an etiological tradition (naming of descendants) tied to tīrtha-residence.