Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88
सूत उवाच । बाढमित्येव च प्रोक्ते तया स द्विजसत्तमाः । उद्गतो भगवान्सूर्यस्तत्क्षणादेव वेगतः
sūta uvāca | bāḍhamityeva ca prokte tayā sa dvijasattamāḥ | udgato bhagavānsūryastatkṣaṇādeva vegataḥ
సూతుడు పలికెను—ఆమె “బాఢమ్ (తథాస్తు)” అని చెప్పగానే, ఓ ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠులారా, ఆ క్షణమే భగవాన్ సూర్యుడు వేగంగా ఉదయించాడు।
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (assembled brāhmaṇas/sages)
Scene: A sacred setting at a tīrtha: a woman’s decisive assent (“bāḍham”) is followed by an unnaturally swift sunrise; the horizon flares, devotees and brāhmaṇas look up in astonishment as golden light floods the scene.
FAQs
Righteous resolve and truthful assent (rooted in dharma) are portrayed as harmonizing cosmic order, symbolized by the Sun’s immediate rising.
Not specified in this verse; it serves as a key narrative turning point within the chapter’s tīrtha-mahātmya context.
None directly; the verse narrates the immediate effect (Sūrya’s udaya) following her consent.
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