Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा यमस्य प्रपितामहः । प्राह पार्श्वस्थितं शक्रं तत्तीर्थं नय संक्षयम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā yamasya prapitāmahaḥ | prāha pārśvasthitaṃ śakraṃ tattīrthaṃ naya saṃkṣayam
ครั้นได้ฟังถ้อยคำของยมแล้ว ปรปิตามหะของเขาจึงกล่าวแก่ศักระผู้ยืนอยู่ใกล้ว่า “จงนำตีรถะนั้นไปสู่ความพินาศเถิด”
Narrator (reports Brahmā’s instruction)
Tirtha: Sārasvata Mahātīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: Brahmā, composed yet authoritative, turns to Indra standing at his side and issues the command to bring the tīrtha to ‘saṃkṣaya’; Indra bows, ready to act; the tīrtha’s radiance flickers in the distance.
FAQs
Even divine powers may attempt to limit a tīrtha’s overwhelming grace, highlighting the extraordinary status of sacred places in Purāṇic dharma.
The chapter’s famed tīrtha connected with the Sārasvata-hrada and the sacred Citraśilā.
None; it narrates a mythic command that leads to the site’s physical alteration.