Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 64
सहस्रधा क्षितिं भित्त्वा सहस्रफणमण्डलैः । क्षितेः सहस्रच्छिद्रेषु यस्माद्भित्त्वा समुद्गताः
sahasradhā kṣitiṃ bhittvā sahasraphaṇamaṇḍalaiḥ | kṣiteḥ sahasracchidreṣu yasmādbhittvā samudgatāḥ
以千蛇冠之轮环，千重裂地而起——从大地的千处孔隙中冲破涌现。
Agastya
Tirtha: Sahasradhārā (implied by the described thousand openings/streams; named explicitly next verse)
Type: ghat
Scene: Śeṣa rises from beneath the earth, bursting through countless openings; the ground fissures in patterned circles as the thousand-hooded canopy expands, suggesting a thousand channels/vents.
FAQs
Divinity can manifest powerfully within sacred space; the tīrtha landscape is portrayed as permeable to the cosmic realm.
Ayodhyā’s Sarayū-side sacred ground, depicted as the locus of Śeṣa’s wondrous emergence.
None; it is descriptive of the miracle, reinforcing the mahātmya through awe and sacred power.