Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
अथ पातालतो नागास्तेन मार्गेण कौतुकात् । मर्त्यलोकं समायांति भ्रमंति च धरातले
atha pātālato nāgāstena mārgeṇa kautukāt | martyalokaṃ samāyāṃti bhramaṃti ca dharātale
پھر تجسس کے باعث پاتال سے ناگ اسی راستے سے اوپر آتے ہیں؛ وہ مرتیہ لوک میں پہنچ کر زمین پر گھومتے پھرتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Nāgabila
Type: cave
Scene: Nāgas emerging from a hidden earthen passage—half-serpent, radiant hoods—ascending from a dark underworld into the sunlit human realm, then dispersing across the land.
FAQs
A tīrtha is a crossing-point between realms; the Purāṇa presents the site as cosmically connected and spiritually charged.
The route later known as Nāgabila, associated with the Hāṭakeśvara sacred complex in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
None in this verse; it describes the site’s extraordinary accessibility between worlds.