Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
यतो नागस्वरूपेण स्थानेऽस्मिंश्च समाविशत् । तत्प्रभृत्येव देवेशि नागस्थानमिति श्रुतम्
yato nāgasvarūpeṇa sthāne'smiṃśca samāviśat | tatprabhṛtyeva deveśi nāgasthānamiti śrutam
اے دیویِ دیویش! چونکہ وہ اسی مقام میں ناگ کی صورت میں داخل ہوا، اس لیے اسی وقت سے یہ جگہ ‘ناگ استھان’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوئی۔
Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Nāga-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as Deveśi)
Scene: A sacred marker-stone or small shrine is shown with nāga emblems; sages or pilgrims point and proclaim the name ‘Nāga-sthāna’ as a consecrated toponym.
FAQs
A tīrtha gains sanctity through divine presence and sacred events remembered in tradition (śruti/pravāda).
Nāgasthāna within Prabhāsakṣetra, named from the event of entry in Nāga-form.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it explains the place-name and its sanctifying cause.