Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
एष यास्यति वै पूर्तिं भूयोऽपि वरुणालयः । खातश्चागाधतां प्राप्तो गंगातोयैः सुनिर्मलैः
eṣa yāsyati vai pūrtiṃ bhūyo'pi varuṇālayaḥ | khātaścāgādhatāṃ prāpto gaṃgātoyaiḥ sunirmalaiḥ
एष वरुणालयः पुनरपि नूनं पूर्तिं यास्यति। खातश्च गङ्गातोयैः परमपवित्रैः पूर्यमाणोऽगाधतां प्राप्तः।
Agastya
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-samudra-saṅgama (conceptual within this narrative)
Type: sangam
Scene: A vast ocean basin begins to refill; a deep trench gleams as crystal-clear Gaṅgā water pours in, depicted as a luminous river-stream entering the sea; Varuṇa’s realm regains fullness.
FAQs
Purity and restoration come through sacred flow: Gaṅgā’s descent renews the world’s depleted spaces and re-establishes order.
Gaṅgā is explicitly praised as “supremely pure,” and the ocean (Varuṇālaya) is presented as a sacred cosmic reservoir.
None directly; the verse is prophetic and cosmological.
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