Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रस्थितो ब्रह्मा ज्येष्ठकुण्डतटं शुभम् । गायत्र्या सहितो हृष्टः कृतकृत्यत्वमागतः
sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā prasthito brahmā jyeṣṭhakuṇḍataṭaṃ śubham | gāyatryā sahito hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtakṛtyatvamāgataḥ
সূত ক’লে: সেই বাক্য শুনি ব্ৰহ্মা শুভ জ্যেষ্ঠ-কুণ্ডৰ তীৰলৈ প্ৰস্থান কৰিলে। গায়ত্ৰীৰ সৈতে তেওঁ আনন্দিত হ’ল, কৃতকৃত্যতাৰ অনুভৱ লাভ কৰি।
Sūta
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: Sūta narrates as Brahmā, four-faced and radiant, travels toward the auspicious bank of Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa; beside him stands Gāyatrī Devī, luminous and serene, holding a rosary and Vedic symbol, as the landscape brightens.
FAQs
Even the highest deity honors tīrthas—showing that sacred places and dharmic rites are universally venerable.
Jyeṣṭha-kuṇḍa (associated with Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara) and its auspicious riverbank/shore.
The verse frames the pilgrimage movement toward the kuṇḍa, preparing the context for the forthcoming snāna rites.
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