Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
कृत्वाऽतिविपुलां गर्तां प्रविवेश ततः परम् । न कस्यचित्तदात्मानं दर्शयामास शूलधृक्
kṛtvā'tivipulāṃ gartāṃ praviveśa tataḥ param | na kasyacittadātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa śūladhṛk
پھر اس نے نہایت وسیع گڑھا بنایا اور اس میں داخل ہو گیا؛ اس کے بعد نیزۂ ثلاثہ بردار نے کسی کو بھی اپنا آپ ظاہر نہ کیا۔
Sūta (continuing narration)
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis (dvijottamāḥ addressed)
Scene: Śiva fashions a colossal pit in the earth and descends into it; the rim glows with subtle divine radiance while the world above falls into hushed astonishment.
FAQs
The divine can withdraw from ordinary visibility, yet leave behind a sanctified locus where grace remains accessible.
The ‘gartā’ (pit) itself—its creation by Śiva marks it as a powerful tīrtha-spot.
None explicitly; the narrative establishes the sanctity that supports later tīrtha practices.