Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
अथ तैर्मुनिभिः सर्वैर्वृत्तांतं तस्य कीर्तितम् । आशीर्वादोद्भवं प्रोक्तं ततो वयमिहागताः
atha tairmunibhiḥ sarvairvṛttāṃtaṃ tasya kīrtitam | āśīrvādodbhavaṃ proktaṃ tato vayamihāgatāḥ
అనంతరం ఆ మునులందరూ అతని సమస్త వృత్తాంతాన్ని వివరించి, ఇది ఆశీర్వాదమునుండి ఉద్భవించిందని చెప్పారు; అందుకే మేము ఇక్కడికి వచ్చాము.
Unspecified narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual storyteller in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circle of sages recounts an origin story to the protagonist, gesturing toward the sacred locale, emphasizing that the event arose from a blessing; the group prepares to proceed to the tīrtha.
FAQs
Purāṇic events and spiritual attainments are often traced to the power of a sage’s blessing, which inspires pilgrimage and faith in tīrtha-dharma.
The verse points to the immediate tīrtha setting of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the specific pond/ashram-site is clarified in the surrounding verses).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it functions as narrative framing that leads into the tīrtha context.