Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
तदाकाशभवा वाणीं प्राह देवान्यथार्थतः । ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां कृपया वृक्षमाश्रितः
tadākāśabhavā vāṇīṃ prāha devānyathārthataḥ | īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kṛpayā vṛkṣamāśritaḥ
அப்போது ஆகாயத்திலிருந்து எழுந்த வாக்கு தேவர்களிடம் உண்மையாகச் சொன்னது— ‘அனைத்து உயிர்கள்மீதும் கருணையால் ஈஸ்வரன் ஒரு மரத்தைச் சரணடைந்தான்.’
Ākāśavāṇī (celestial voice)
Tirtha: Īśvara-vṛkṣa-āśraya (Śiva in the tree)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devas pause beneath towering trees; from the open sky descends a stream of light with unseen speech (ākāśa-vāṇī). The grove glows, indicating Śiva’s compassionate presence within a tree.
FAQs
The Lord’s compassion makes the sacred landscape accessible—divinity can be encountered even through a tree-form presence.
The immediate sacred focus is a tree-abode of Īśvara within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the exact location-name is not stated in this verse.
Implicitly, one should approach and serve the sacred tree as a locus of Īśvara’s presence.