Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
तप्तस्तं गालवः प्राह मा त्वं दुःखपदं व्रज । मद्वाक्यात्पुत्रकं वृक्षं विष्णुसंज्ञं द्रुतं कुरु
taptastaṃ gālavaḥ prāha mā tvaṃ duḥkhapadaṃ vraja | madvākyātputrakaṃ vṛkṣaṃ viṣṇusaṃjñaṃ drutaṃ kuru
Tersentuh oleh belas kasih, Gālava berkata kepadanya: “Janganlah engkau jatuh ke lembah dukacita. Dengan kata-kataku, segeralah terima pohon ini sebagai anakmu, dan namakanlah ia ‘Viṣṇu’.”
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: Gālava, compassionate, raises a hand in reassurance; beside them an aśvattha sapling/tree is indicated as the future ‘son’, with a subtle Viṣṇu-symbol (śaṅkha-cakra) motif suggested near the leaves.
FAQs
Dharma offers remedial paths even in distress—devotional acts and sanctifying nature (tree) can transform grief into merit.
The narrative is moving toward the puṇya-region connected with Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
To ritually accept a tree as one’s ‘son’ and name it “Viṣṇu,” a Purāṇic act of sanctification and dhārmic substitution.