Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
तत्रस्थस्य तपस्थस्य नागः कर्कोटको निजम् । तव दास्यति सत्कन्यां ततः सृष्टिर्भविष्यति
tatrasthasya tapasthasya nāgaḥ karkoṭako nijam | tava dāsyati satkanyāṃ tataḥ sṛṣṭirbhaviṣyati
Với con, người ở lại nơi ấy và chuyên tu khổ hạnh, Nāga Karkoṭaka sẽ gả cho con chính thiếu nữ hiền đức của mình; và từ sự kết hợp ấy sẽ sinh ra dòng dõi.
Unspecified (narrative prophecy within Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / (water later called Nāga-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (frame not in excerpt)
Scene: A tapasvin seated in meditation near the sacred water; the Nāga Karkoṭaka emerges—serpentine, regal—offering a veiled maiden in kanyā-dāna gesture, signifying a destined lineage.
FAQs
Steadfast tapas performed at a sacred tīrtha bears tangible fruits—dharma, continuity of lineage, and divinely guided outcomes.
The passage belongs to the Nāgatīrtha-māhātmya within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, praising a Nāga-associated tīrtha (Nāgatīrtha).
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on residing at the tīrtha and practicing austerity (tapas).
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