Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
अथ तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा भगवान्वृषभध्वजः । कृत्वा रूपं द्विजेंद्रस्य तत्सकाशमुपाद्रवत्
atha teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | kṛtvā rūpaṃ dvijeṃdrasya tatsakāśamupādravat
ان کی باتیں سن کر بھگوان، جن کا دھج بیل سے مزین ہے، نے برہمنِ برتر کا روپ دھارا اور فوراً اسی مقام کی طرف لپکے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; Śiva is the acting figure)
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (ṛṣi/assembly)
Scene: Śiva, bull-bannered, instantly assumes the form of a radiant brāhmaṇa and rushes toward the sage’s location; motion and transformation are central.
FAQs
The Lord may approach devotees in unexpected forms; reverence and readiness for dharmic encounter are essential in tīrtha narratives.
The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate shloka itself does not name a specific tīrtha, but advances the pilgrimage-legend setting.
None in this verse; it is narrative setup (Śiva’s approach in disguise).