Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24
आवर्ते चापरे जाते निष्क्रांतः कौस्तुभो मणिः । स गृहीतो महाराज विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना
āvarte cāpare jāte niṣkrāṃtaḥ kaustubho maṇiḥ | sa gṛhīto mahārāja viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
جب ایک اور بھنور اٹھا تو کوستبھ منی ظاہر ہوئی۔ اے مہاراج، اس جواہر کو قادرِ مطلق وشنو نے اپنے ہاتھ میں لے لیا۔
Unknown (deduced: Purāṇic narrator addressing a king/listener: 'mahārāja')
Tirtha: Kaustubha (ratna)
Type: kund
Listener: Rājā (great king)
Scene: A new whirlpool opens; the Kaustubha jewel rises blazing; Viṣṇu, supremely mighty, calmly receives it and places it upon his chest, ocean light reflecting off the gem.
FAQs
The highest splendors of creation ultimately belong to and are borne by the Supreme; divine order assigns sacred treasures to their rightful holder.
No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as mythic context within a broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
None.