Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
कृत्वा तत्कदनं घोरं नन्दा देवी सुरेश्वरी । यस्मात्स्नाता विशालाक्षी तेन नन्दाह्रदः स्मृतः
kṛtvā tatkadanaṃ ghoraṃ nandā devī sureśvarī | yasmātsnātā viśālākṣī tena nandāhradaḥ smṛtaḥ
وہ ہولناک ہلاکت برپا کر کے دیوی نندا، جو دیوتاؤں کی ادھیشوری ہے، وہیں اسنان کرنے لگیں۔ چونکہ وسیع چشم دیوی نے اسی مقام پر اسنان کیا، اس لیے وہ ‘ننداہرد’ (نندا کا تالاب) کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Nandā-hrada
Type: kund
Listener: Bhārata (addressed in adjacent verse; implied audience)
Scene: After a fierce act of destruction, Devī Nandā—wide-eyed and radiant—descends to a serene lake on the Narmadā, bathing as the waters glow with śakti; sages and celestials witness the consecration of the hrada’s name.
FAQs
A tīrtha becomes supremely holy through the direct presence and acts of the Divine; the place-name itself preserves that sacred memory.
Nandā-hrada (Lake of Goddess Nandā).
Snāna is implied as the sanctifying act associated with the site—Devī bathed there, establishing the lake’s holiness.