Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
छिन्ने त्वद्यापि तत्रैव सुरक्तं संप्रदृश्यते । विष्णुक्षेत्रं हि तत्प्रोक्तं शंखो यत्र हतः पुरा
chinne tvadyāpi tatraiva suraktaṃ saṃpradṛśyate | viṣṇukṣetraṃ hi tatproktaṃ śaṃkho yatra hataḥ purā
Aun hoy, cuando se la corta, allí mismo se ve un rojo vivo. En verdad, ese lugar es proclamado como el kṣetra de Viṣṇu, donde antaño fue abatido Śaṃkha.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced)
Tirtha: Śaṃkhāvartta (within Viṣṇu-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A stone is shown being cut or split, revealing vivid red within; in the background, a symbolic vision of Viṣṇu’s ancient combat with the asura Śaṃkha is suggested, linking the red sign to the slaying.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is anchored in divine history; remembrance of sacred events sustains living faith.
Śaṃkhāvartta tīrtha, identified also as a Viṣṇukṣetra due to an ancient episode.
No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it provides the tīrtha’s identification through legend and sign.