Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
सगरोनाम भूपालो भविष्यति महीतले । तत्पुत्राः षष्टिसाहस्राः खनिष्यंति न संशयः
sagaronāma bhūpālo bhaviṣyati mahītale | tatputrāḥ ṣaṣṭisāhasrāḥ khaniṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ
Di muka bumi akan muncul seorang raja bernama Sagara. Putera-puteranya, enam puluh ribu jumlahnya, pasti akan menggali bumi tanpa ragu.
Agastya
Tirtha: Sāgara-related tīrtha (ocean/trench genesis episode)
Type: kshetra
Scene: King Sagara appears in regal posture; behind him, an immense host of sixty thousand sons digs the earth in disciplined rows, raising dust and revealing strata—an epic-scale labor scene foreshadowing a sacred waterway.
FAQs
Purāṇic history links cosmic landscapes to moral causality—human actions shape sacred geography and future religious memory.
The verse points toward the larger Gaṅgā–ocean sacred geography cycle; the explicit tīrtha focus is Gaṅgā’s later role.
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