Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
वसिष्ठो नाम देवर्षिः पितामहसमुद्भवः । स पूर्वं भूतलं प्राप्तस्तपस्तेपे सुदारुणम्
vasiṣṭho nāma devarṣiḥ pitāmahasamudbhavaḥ | sa pūrvaṃ bhūtalaṃ prāptastapastepe sudāruṇam
বসিষ্ঠ নামে এক দেবর্ষি ছিলেন, যিনি পিতামহ ব্রহ্মা থেকে উদ্ভূত। তিনি প্রাচীনকালে পৃথিবীতে এসে অত্যন্ত কঠোর তপস্যা করলেন।
Sūta
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual; Vasiṣṭha’s tapas as causal backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas/ṛṣis
Scene: The divine sage Vasiṣṭha, radiant and austere, descends to earth; the scene foreshadows a hermitage near a sacred mountain where intense penance will unfold.
FAQs
The foundation of a tīrtha’s glory is often the intense tapas of a great ṛṣi acting for dharma.
The narrative groundwork for Arbuda’s sanctity begins with Vasiṣṭha’s austerities on earth.
Tapas (austerity) is described as Vasiṣṭha’s practice; no lay ritual is prescribed.