Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
श्रीमतां च तथान्येषामस्मदीयप्रसादतः । त्वं च मंडूक यत्तेन विजिह्वो वह्निना कृतः । तद्भविष्यति ते शब्दो विजिह्वस्यापि दीर्घगः
śrīmatāṃ ca tathānyeṣāmasmadīyaprasādataḥ | tvaṃ ca maṃḍūka yattena vijihvo vahninā kṛtaḥ | tadbhaviṣyati te śabdo vijihvasyāpi dīrghagaḥ
ہماری عنایت سے یہ بات خوش نصیبوں اور دوسروں کے لیے بھی یوں ہی ہوگی۔ اور اے منڈوک! چونکہ آگ نے تجھے ‘دو زبانی’ (وی جِہو) بنا دیا، اس کے بعد تیری آواز دو زبانی ہونے کے باوجود دور تک پھیلنے والی اور طویل رسائی والی ہوگی۔
Devas (collectively, as benefactors in the narrative)
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: Devas address Maṇḍūka, marked as ‘split-tongued’ by fire, and grant a boon that his voice will travel far; the moment emphasizes varada-mudrā and the contrast between defect and empowered proclamation.
FAQs
Divine grace can transform even a perceived defect into a lasting spiritual capacity and blessing.
This verse functions as a narrative boon within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow, immediately before the shift to Agnitīrtha and Brahmakuṇḍa in the next adhyāya.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it records a boon (prasāda) bestowed by the devas.