Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
अहर्निशं मदस्रावी करींद्रः सोऽपि संस्थितः । तत्प्रभावैः प्रभिन्नः स पीयूषस्य कमंडलुः
aharniśaṃ madasrāvī karīṃdraḥ so'pi saṃsthitaḥ | tatprabhāvaiḥ prabhinnaḥ sa pīyūṣasya kamaṃḍaluḥ
وہیں وہ شاہانہ ہاتھی بھی کھڑا تھا جو دن رات مستی کا رس ٹپکاتا رہتا تھا؛ اور اسی اثر سے امرت کا کمندلو پھٹ گیا۔
Narrator (purāṇic ākhyāna voice)
Tirtha: Amṛta-kamaṇḍalu-bheda-sthāna (as described)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A powerful celestial elephant, rut-fluid streaming, stands near a sacred vessel; the kamaṇḍalu shows a dramatic crack, with a subtle glow suggesting nectar within.
FAQs
In purāṇic thought, divine potency reshapes matter and place—miracles arise naturally around sanctified remnants.
The setting continues in Nandana-vana; the verse highlights the sanctified locale where the nectar-pot breaks open.
None; it is an origin-detail within the māhātmya.