Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
मर्त्यलोके समानेतुं प्रचारं येन गच्छति । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय तस्मै तां प्रददौ तदा
martyaloke samānetuṃ pracāraṃ yena gacchati | sa tatheti pratijñāya tasmai tāṃ pradadau tadā
تاکہ وہ مَرتیہ لوک میں لائی جائے اور جس کے ذریعے اس کا رواج پھیلے، اُس نے “ایسا ہی ہو” کہہ کر وعدہ کیا اور اسی وقت اسے عطا کر دیا۔
Narrator
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, after hearing the king’s request, raises a hand in assent (‘tathāstu’), then ceremonially hands over a living nāgavallī cutting or vine bundle, signifying sanctioned spread to the mortal world.
FAQs
Puranic narratives often explain worldly customs as arising from divine permissions and human requests.
No specific tīrtha is named in this line; it advances the origin-story within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
None; it describes the granting of a boon and its intended spread.