Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
अन्यद्वा तत्किमत्राह पुराणे यन्न दृश्यते । वेदाः प्रतिष्ठिताः पूर्वं पुराणे नात्र संशयः
anyadvā tatkimatrāha purāṇe yanna dṛśyate | vedāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ pūrvaṃ purāṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ
ইয়াত আৰু কি ক’ব? পুৰাণত যি নেদেখা যায়, সেয়া (সত্যতে) নেদেখা যায়। বেদসমূহো প্ৰথমে পুৰাণতেই প্ৰতিষ্ঠিত হৈছিল—ইয়াত সন্দেহ নাই।
Sūta
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha tradition (contextual)
Type: river
Scene: A symbolic tableau: the Vedas personified as venerable figures placing their ‘seat’ upon a great Purāṇa manuscript, while sages witness—signifying ‘Vedas established in Purāṇa’.
FAQs
Purāṇas function as an all-encompassing dharma-map—especially for pilgrimage and sacred places—presenting Vedic truth in accessible, place-rooted form.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse authorizes the Revā Khaṇḍa’s forthcoming sacred-geography as fully legitimate.
None; it is a sweeping statement of Purāṇic comprehensiveness and authority.