Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
एकदा दिवसे तस्मिन्भ्रममाणो मुनीश्वरः । विश्वामित्र इति ख्यातस्तत्रायातस्तपोऽन्वितः
ekadā divase tasminbhramamāṇo munīśvaraḥ | viśvāmitra iti khyātastatrāyātastapo'nvitaḥ
One day, on that occasion, the lordly sage—renowned as Viśvāmitra—arrived there while wandering, endowed with the power of austerity.
Narrator (purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Type: kund
Scene: A powerful ascetic (Viśvāmitra) arrives at the sacred waters, matted hair and staff, aura of tapas; the landscape quiets; the tīrtha glints as if recognizing him; attendants or forest creatures watch in stillness.
FAQs
Great tīrthas attract great tapasvins; sacred geography and spiritual attainment are portrayed as mutually reinforcing.
The ‘there’ refers to the tīrtha under praise in Adhyāya 42’s Tīrthamāhātmya, within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
None explicitly; the verse introduces a tapas-oriented sage entering the tīrtha narrative.
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