Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
पतिता कुण्डमध्ये तु यत्र भिन्नं त्रिशूलिना । शम्भुना च पुरा तात उत्पाद्य च सरस्वती
patitā kuṇḍamadhye tu yatra bhinnaṃ triśūlinā | śambhunā ca purā tāta utpādya ca sarasvatī
Là, elle tomba au milieu d’un bassin, à l’endroit fendu par le Porteur du Trident. Jadis, ô cher, Śambhu y fit naître aussi la Sarasvatī.
Narrator (tīrtha-māhātmya voice within Revā Khaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Śūlabheda-kuṇḍa (Bhogavatī/Gīrvāṇā descent pool)
Type: kund
Scene: Śiva as Trident-bearer cleaves a rock; a stream plunges into a circular pool. Nearby, a serene Sarasvatī presence is suggested—white garments, vīṇā—indicating her ‘production’ at the site.
FAQs
Tīrthas are sanctified by divine action—Śiva’s mythic deed establishes the site’s enduring power.
The Śūlabheda-associated kuṇḍa (sacred pool) where the trident-cleaving is said to have occurred.
No explicit prescription; the verse provides the origin-story that underwrites later tīrtha practices.