Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
सुपर्णेन पुरा देवि पातालादमृतं हृतम् । गृहीत्वा तत्र मुक्तं तु नागानां पश्यतां किल
suparṇena purā devi pātālādamṛtaṃ hṛtam | gṛhītvā tatra muktaṃ tu nāgānāṃ paśyatāṃ kila
Thuở xưa, hỡi Nữ Thần, Suparṇa đã đoạt lấy cam lộ từ Pātāla. Bắt được rồi, Ngài thả nó tại đó, trong khi các Nāga đứng nhìn—người ta vẫn truyền như vậy.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Suparṇelā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Garuḍa (Suparṇa) bursts from the netherworld holding a pot of amṛta; below, astonished Nāgas coil around jeweled rocks; at the Prabhāsa shrine-ground, a drop or release of nectar sanctifies the earth.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s holiness is anchored in divine-historical acts; mythic memory sanctifies geography and worship.
Suparṇelā, whose sanctity is tied to Suparṇa’s amṛta episode.
None directly; this verse provides the legendary basis (kathā) for the site’s greatness.