Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 47
विश्वामित्र उवाच । प्रसिद्धिमतुलां यक्ष एतत्स्थानं गमिष्यति । धनयक्ष इति ख्यातिमेतत्तीर्थं गमिष्यति
viśvāmitra uvāca | prasiddhimatulāṃ yakṣa etatsthānaṃ gamiṣyati | dhanayakṣa iti khyātimetattīrthaṃ gamiṣyati
বিশ্বামিত্ৰ ক’লে: হে যক্ষ, এই স্থান অদ্বিতীয় খ্যাতি লাভ কৰিব। এই তীৰ্থ ‘ধনযক্ষ’ নামেৰে প্ৰসিদ্ধ হ’ব।
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Dhanayakṣa-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (implied)
Scene: Viśvāmitra, in teaching posture, proclaims the future renown of the place; the Yakṣa listens, slightly bowed. A subtle aura marks the spot as a nascent tīrtha, with a river/ghat nearby.
FAQs
Sacred places gain lasting spiritual authority through saintly declaration tied to a transformative event.
The tīrtha is named “Dhanayakṣa,” established within the Ayodhyā Māhātmya sacred landscape.
No new prescription in this verse; it is a tīrtha-nāma proclamation that frames future pilgrimage merit.