Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
महादेवः सुचरितं बभाषे तदनंतरम् । अस्य तीर्थस्य तीरे त्वं वसन्सुचरित द्विज
mahādevaḥ sucaritaṃ babhāṣe tadanaṃtaram | asya tīrthasya tīre tvaṃ vasansucarita dvija
Alors Mahādeva s’adressa à Sucarita : «Ô brāhmaṇa Sucarita, demeurant sur la rive de ce tīrtha… (reste ici)».
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Sarvatīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: Mahādeva addresses Sucarita on the tīrtha-bank, gesturing toward the waters as if appointing him to remain; Sucarita listens with folded hands, humbled and attentive.
FAQs
Sustained proximity to a sanctified place, under divine instruction, is upheld as a stable path for ongoing purification and spiritual ripening.
The tīrtha previously identified as Sarvatīrtha/Mānasa Tīrtha in Setukhaṇḍa.
Residence (vāsa) on the tīrtha’s bank is introduced as a devotional discipline, expanded in the next verse.