Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
तत्र सस्यमयाः शैला दृश्यंते परिकल्पिताः । सुवर्णस्य च रूप्यस्य रत्नानां च विशेषतः
tatra sasyamayāḥ śailā dṛśyaṃte parikalpitāḥ | suvarṇasya ca rūpyasya ratnānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
وہاں کھیتی کی فراوانی سے بنے ہوئے جیسے پہاڑ دکھائی دیتے تھے، گویا دیوی طور پر تراشے گئے ہوں؛ اور سونے، چاندی، اور خصوصاً قیمتی جواہرات کے ڈھیر بھی تھے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A spectacular sacrificial ground where piles of grain rise like hills; nearby glittering heaps of gold, silver, and gems shimmer as if conjured, framing the central yajña.
FAQs
Sacred rites and tīrtha-associated merit are portrayed as generating auspicious abundance, symbolizing dharma-supported prosperity.
The verse occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya context of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this snippet alone does not name the specific tīrtha.
No direct prescription appears here; it depicts the opulence and auspicious setting surrounding a major sacrificial context.