Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
नारद उवाच । एवमुक्ते पद्मभुवा कोपि नोवाच किंचन । चिरेणेदं ततः प्राह महीसागरसंगमः
nārada uvāca | evamukte padmabhuvā kopi novāca kiṃcana | cireṇedaṃ tataḥ prāha mahīsāgarasaṃgamaḥ
நாரதர் கூறினார்—பத்மபூ (பிரம்மா) இவ்வாறு சொன்னபின் யாரும் எதையும் சொல்லவில்லை. நீண்ட நேரத்திற்குப் பின் மகீசாகர-சங்கமம் இவ்வசனங்களை உரைத்தது.
Nārada
Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama
Type: sangam
Scene: A divine assembly after Brahmā’s words: sages and gods fall silent; then the personified confluence—depicted as a river-deity rising where the river meets the sea—begins to speak.
FAQs
Sacred authority unfolds through patient silence and revelation—after Brahmā’s words, the tīrtha itself becomes the final witness.
Mahīsāgara-saṅgama, introduced as a speaking, authoritative tīrtha.
None; this verse sets the narrative transition to the tīrtha’s testimony.