Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
मणिभद्र उवाच । नक्षत्रं वह्निदैवत्यं प्रसुप्तो मधुसूदनः
maṇibhadra uvāca | nakṣatraṃ vahnidaivatyaṃ prasupto madhusūdanaḥ
மணிபத்ரன் கூறினான்—“இந்த நட்சத்திரம் வஹ்னி-தெய்வத்திற்குரியது; மதுசூதனன் (விஷ்ணு) நித்திரைக் காலத்தில் உள்ளான்.”
Maṇibhadra
Scene: Maṇibhadra, as an authoritative speaker, states two constraints: the nakṣatra is Agni-presided and Viṣṇu is asleep. The scene is crisp and declarative—like a final calendrical verdict in a ritual council.
FAQs
Correct assessment of time (nakṣatra and sacred calendar) is part of dharmic responsibility before performing saṃskāras.
The verse functions as dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter; it does not itself name a specific tīrtha.
A condition-check for vivāha: note the nakṣatra’s deity (Agni) and whether Viṣṇu is in the ‘sleeping’ period.
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