Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तास्तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय चक्रुस्तच्छक्रशासनम् । सूतिकागृहधर्मे यत्तच्चक्रुस्तस्य सर्वशः
| sūta uvāca | tāstatheti pratijñāya cakrustacchakraśāsanam | sūtikāgṛhadharme yattaccakrustasya sarvaśaḥ
سوت نے کہا: ‘تھاستو’ کہہ کر انہوں نے عہد کیا اور اندر کے حکم کی تعمیل کی؛ اور زچگی کے کمرے کے دھرم کے مطابق جو کچھ مقرر تھا، وہ سب ہر طرح سے انجام دیا۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/paurāṇika narrator)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūta narrates: women/attendants accept Indra’s command and carefully perform all duties of the lying-in chamber—protective, orderly, ritualized domestic space.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through disciplined observance—sacred outcomes arise when divine instruction is followed with care.
The tīrtha framework remains the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse focuses on observance rather than naming the site.
It references sūtikāgṛha-dharma—proper maternity/lying-in observances—performed fully.