Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
तान्भगान्पाणिना स्पृष्ट्वा चक्रे नेत्राणि सन्मुनिः । ततः प्रोवाच तान्देवान्गौतमश्च महातपाः
tānbhagānpāṇinā spṛṣṭvā cakre netrāṇi sanmuniḥ | tataḥ provāca tāndevāngautamaśca mahātapāḥ
O santo muni, tocando com a mão aqueles ‘bhagas’, fez deles olhos. Então Gautama, o grande asceta, falou àqueles deuses.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: The sage touches the ‘bhagas’ with his hand; they become eyes. Immediately after, Gautama addresses the devas—transition from miracle to doctrinal/administrative pronouncement.
FAQs
Tapas guided by dharma transforms even a curse-like condition into a mark of divine function and beauty.
The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-glorifying chapter (Tīrthamāhātmya) of Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the immediate line focuses on the miracle, not a named shrine.
None; it describes a transformative act accomplished by the sage’s power.