Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50
आसतुर्ब्राह्मणौ पूर्वं लिखितः शंख एव च । भ्रातरौ वेदविदुषौ तपस्युग्रे व्यवस्थितौ
āsaturbrāhmaṇau pūrvaṃ likhitaḥ śaṃkha eva ca | bhrātarau vedaviduṣau tapasyugre vyavasthitau
Autrefois vivaient deux frères brāhmaṇa—Likhita et Śaṅkha—savants des Veda et solidement établis dans une austérité ardente.
Nārada
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha (origin narrative begins)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The King (pārthiva), contextually Siddhasena
Scene: Two brāhmaṇa brothers, Śaṅkha and Likhita, sit in austere posture with matted hair and sacred threads, reciting Veda and performing severe tapas in a forest hermitage—foreshadowing a sacred geography’s birth.
FAQs
Vedic learning joined with tapas is portrayed as the foundation for sacred events that later sanctify places and become tīrtha traditions.
This verse begins the backstory leading to the manifestation connected with Śaṃkhatīrtha.
No explicit rite; it highlights tapas (austerity) as the brothers’ discipline.