Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा मुनिः सोऽथ मत्स्यकच्छपसंकुलम् । हेलया प्रपपौ कृत्स्नं ग्राहैः कीर्णं महार्णवम्
sūta uvāca | evamuktvā muniḥ so'tha matsyakacchapasaṃkulam | helayā prapapau kṛtsnaṃ grāhaiḥ kīrṇaṃ mahārṇavam
สูตะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว ฤๅษีนั้นก็โดยไม่ต้องฝืนแรง ดื่มมหาสมุทรทั้งสิ้น ซึ่งแน่นด้วยปลาและเต่า และเต็มไปด้วยจระเข้ (คราหะ)
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied Purāṇic audience)
Scene: A radiant sage stands at the shore; the vast ocean, teeming with fish, tortoises, and crocodiles, funnels into his mouth like a cosmic whirl, revealing the seabed and stunned creatures.
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision presents realized sanctity as transformative power—when aligned with dharma, it can reshape the world’s visible order.
This verse functions as a mythic intensifier within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya, using the ocean-drinking act to frame the sanctity of the surrounding sacred geography.
No ritual prescription; it is narrative description of the sage’s miraculous act.