Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
गालव उवाच । इत्युक्त्वाऽकाशजावाणी विरराम शुभप्रदा । तेऽपि देवास्तदाश्चर्यं महद्दृष्ट्वा महाव्रताः
gālava uvāca | ityuktvā'kāśajāvāṇī virarāma śubhapradā | te'pi devāstadāścaryaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā mahāvratāḥ
Gālava thưa: Nói xong, tiếng nói từ hư không—ban điều cát tường—liền lặng im. Các vị thần ấy nữa, những bậc giữ đại nguyện, trông thấy kỳ diệu lớn lao ấy.
Gālava
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śūdra-putra addressee (as indicated in 251.2)
Scene: A sacred assembly in a grove/temple precinct: gods stand astonished, hands folded; above, an unseen luminous source indicates the ākāśavāṇī, which fades into silence; Gālava narrates at the edge of the scene.
FAQs
Divine guidance confirms dharma: heavenly signs arise to support sacred vows and tīrtha-centered worship.
The ongoing narrative remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No direct prescription here; it sets the scene for vow-based worship connected with Cāturmāsya.