Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
सूत उवाच । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय गतश्चादर्शनं रविः । दीपवद्ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठास्तदद्भुतमिवा भवत्
sūta uvāca | sa tatheti pratijñāya gataścādarśanaṃ raviḥ | dīpavadbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāstadadbhutamivā bhavat
سوتا نے کہا: ‘تथاستु’ کی قسم کھا کر روی سورج دیوتا نگاہوں سے اوجھل ہو گیا۔ اے برہمنوں کے سردارو، یہ منظر واقعی عجیب تھا، گویا چراغ یکایک بجھ گیا ہو۔
Sūta
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (addressed as brāhmaṇa-śreṣṭhāḥ)
Scene: Sūta narrates as the Sun, having assented, suddenly disappears; the sky dims as if a lamp were snuffed, while brāhmaṇas stand astonished.
FAQs
Divine grace at tīrthas can manifest as extraordinary events, strengthening faith and confirming the sanctity of the installation.
The Sarasvatī-tīra temple setting connected with Nāgarāditya, within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative.
No direct prescription; it seals the boon narrative with a phala-oriented miracle confirming the deity’s acceptance.