Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 67
तदाप्रभृति तत्स्थानं परमां ख्यातिमाययौ । तस्य तीर्थस्य सकला भूमिः स्वर्णविनिर्मिता
tadāprabhṛti tatsthānaṃ paramāṃ khyātimāyayau | tasya tīrthasya sakalā bhūmiḥ svarṇavinirmitā
From that time onward, that place attained the highest renown. The entire ground of that tīrtha became as though fashioned of gold.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narrative frame)
Tirtha: Unnamed tīrtha (Ayodhyā context; later specified as Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa in nearby verses)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A sacred bathing place whose very ground gleams like gold, suggesting a transformed landscape; pilgrims approach with offerings as the site radiates renown.
FAQs
A holy site’s glory increases through dharma, tapas, and divine-sanctioned rites, becoming renowned and spiritually radiant.
The particular tīrtha within Ayodhyā described in Adhyāya 7, whose fame spreads after Viśvāmitra’s episode.
No direct prescription; it is a mahātmya-style glorification describing the tīrtha’s transformed sanctity.