Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
सापि तेन परित्यक्ता पतिना हृष्टमानसा । ज्ञात्वा तत्तीर्थमाहात्म्यं वैश्वानरमुखेरितम्
sāpi tena parityaktā patinā hṛṣṭamānasā | jñātvā tattīrthamāhātmyaṃ vaiśvānaramukheritam
স্বামীর দ্বারা পরিত্যক্তা হয়েও সে আনন্দচিত্তই রইল, কারণ বৈশ্বানর (অগ্নি)-মুখে উচ্চারিত সেই তীর্থের মাহাত্ম্য সে জেনে নিয়েছিল।
Narrator within the dialogue frame (explicitly references Vaiśvānara as the proclaimer)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa (kuṇḍa)
Type: kund
Scene: The abandoned woman remains ‘hṛṣṭa-mānasā’, serene and uplifted, contemplating the tīrtha’s greatness as spoken by Agni; the pond appears luminous, suggesting inner purification made visible.
FAQs
Understanding tīrtha-māhātmya (the sacred site’s greatness) brings inner uplift and faith, independent of external acceptance.
The same ‘that tīrtha’—the Rudraśīrṣa-associated shrine and pond—whose greatness Agni proclaims.
None directly; emphasis is on hearing/knowing the māhātmya (śravaṇa/jñāna) as spiritually beneficial.