Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
एतस्मिन्नंतरे वाणी निर्गता गगनांगणात् । नादयंती दिशः सर्वाः पुष्पवर्षादनंतरम्
etasminnaṃtare vāṇī nirgatā gaganāṃgaṇāt | nādayaṃtī diśaḥ sarvāḥ puṣpavarṣādanaṃtaram
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे गगनाङ्गणात् वाणी निर्गता, पुष्पवर्षादनन्तरं दिशः सर्वाः नादयन्ती।
Narrator (reporting an ākāśavāṇī)
Scene: From the open sky, a radiant, unseen source speaks; flowers rain down; all directions seem to vibrate; the gathered people look upward with folded hands amid drifting petals.
FAQs
Divine approval is symbolically shown through omens like flower-rain and a celestial proclamation, affirming the sanctity of the event and place.
The broader passage is within a tīrtha-māhātmya, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone.
None; it narrates auspicious signs (puṣpavarṣa, ākāśavāṇī).
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