Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
नारद उवाच । यदा मे स्थापितं स्थानं प्रसाद्याथ मया प्रभुः । ब्रह्मलोकात्समानीतः साक्षाद्ब्रह्मा पितामहः
nārada uvāca | yadā me sthāpitaṃ sthānaṃ prasādyātha mayā prabhuḥ | brahmalokātsamānītaḥ sākṣādbrahmā pitāmahaḥ
Nārada dit : «Lorsque mon propre siège eut été établi, et que le Seigneur, satisfait, m’eut accordé sa grâce, alors Brahmā lui-même, le Pitāmaha, fut amené ici depuis le Brahmaloka.»
Nārada
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha/Nārada-sthāna (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: Nārada narrates as a radiant Brahmā descends from a celestial realm to a newly established sacred seat; devas witness, and the landscape below—pond/well and shrine—glows with consecration light.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is confirmed by divine approval and the presence of cosmic authorities like Brahmā.
Koṭitīrtha is being introduced through Nārada’s account of its divine establishment.
None explicitly; the verse sets the narrative context for later instructions about bathing and worship.