Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तेषां तत्रोपविष्टानां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । महाश्चर्यमभूत्तत्र तत्त्वं शृणु नराधिप
teṣāṃ tatropaviṣṭānāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām | mahāścaryamabhūttatra tattvaṃ śṛṇu narādhipa
وبينما كان أولئك المُنِيّون، المهذَّبون المنضبطون وقد نَمَتْ نفوسُهم بالباطن، جالسين هناك، وقع عجبٌ عظيم. فاسمعْ يا سيّدَ الناس حقيقةَ ما جرى.
Pulastya (contextual continuity in Adhyāya 16)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā (kund precinct)
Type: kund
Listener: Narādhipa (king)
Scene: A circle of meditating sages by the kund; the air thick with stillness; a sudden wondrous sign begins—light over water, a divine emblem, or a miraculous sound—while the narrator urges the king to hear the truth.
FAQs
Sacred places reveal ‘tattva’ through wondrous events witnessed by purified sages; attentive listening and receptivity are part of dharma.
The same Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha setting where the sages are seated and a marvel occurs.
An injunction to listen (śṛṇu) to the sacred account—śravaṇa (hearing) as a purifying practice supporting tīrtha-māhātmya.