Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
किं ते कारणमेतद्धि किं वा मन्त्रसमुद्भवः । प्रभावोऽयं महाभागेगुह्यं चेन्नो वदस्व नः
kiṃ te kāraṇametaddhi kiṃ vā mantrasamudbhavaḥ | prabhāvo'yaṃ mahābhāgeguhyaṃ cenno vadasva naḥ
اس کا سبب کیا ہے، حقیقتاً؟ یا یہ اثر کسی منتر سے پیدا ہوا ہے؟ اے بخت والی! اگر یہ راز رکھنے کے لائق نہیں تو ہمیں بتا دو۔
Saptnyaḥ (co-wives)
Tirtha: Pañcapiṇḍikā (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: Co-wives lean forward in earnest inquiry, one gesturing toward the clay icon; Padmāvatī listens, composed, as if weighing whether to reveal a secret.
FAQs
Sacred practices may carry hidden discipline and mantra-power, and should be learned respectfully from a proper source.
Not specified in this verse; it functions as part of the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.
No prescription; it asks whether the observed effect is due to mantra-origin power.