Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 66
इति दत्त्वा वरांस्तस्मै विश्वामित्रो मुनीश्वरः । अन्तर्दधे मुनिवरस्तदा स च तपोनिधिः
iti dattvā varāṃstasmai viśvāmitro munīśvaraḥ | antardadhe munivarastadā sa ca taponidhiḥ
So gewährte Viśvāmitra, der Herr unter den Weisen, ihm die Gaben und entschwand dann dem Blick — der erhabenste Asket, eine Schatzkammer des Tapas.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narrative frame)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (ṛṣi-siddha-sthāna context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Viśvāmitra, radiant with ascetic power, grants boons to a recipient (contextually the Yakṣa/figure in the narrative) and then dissolves into light, leaving the sacred place charged with potency.
FAQs
The authority of tīrtha-instructions is grounded in realized sages; their tapas and blessings sanctify and authenticate the rite.
The Ayodhyā tīrtha narrative setting continues, now marked by Viśvāmitra’s boon-giving.
No new rite; it concludes the instruction by noting the granting of boons and the sage’s departure.