Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
नवकोटिमुखां दृष्ट्वा साट्टहासो जनोऽभवत् । वैदिकी श्रुतिरित्युक्ता शिव त्वं स्थिरतां व्रज
navakoṭimukhāṃ dṛṣṭvā sāṭṭahāso jano'bhavat | vaidikī śrutirityuktā śiva tvaṃ sthiratāṃ vraja
เมื่อเห็นนางประหนึ่งว่า ‘มีเก้าสิบล้านพักตร์’ ผู้คนก็หัวเราะเสียงดัง แล้วพระศรุติแห่งพระเวทได้ประกาศว่า “โอ้พระศิวะ จงก้าวสู่ความมั่นคง จงตั้งมั่นและสงบเถิด”
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a Māhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Crowd beholds a startling vision described as ‘nine crores of faces’; laughter erupts; then a solemn, luminous ‘śruti’ proclamation instructs Śiva toward steadfast composure.
FAQs
Even amid astonishment and mockery, dharma is upheld when one abides in steadiness (sthiratā) and follows scriptural guidance.
This verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the immediate snippet does not name the precise tīrtha, but it supports the broader place-glorification narrative of the chapter.
No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated here; the instruction is ethical-spiritual: cultivate steadfastness.