Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 49
अगस्त्य उवाच । सावधानः शृणु मुने कथां कथयतो मम । सहस्रधारातीर्थस्य समुत्पत्तिं महोदयात्
agastya uvāca | sāvadhānaḥ śṛṇu mune kathāṃ kathayato mama | sahasradhārātīrthasya samutpattiṃ mahodayāt
Agastya dit : Ô muni, écoute avec attention le récit que je vais dire. Je parlerai de l’origine, heureuse et grandiose, du tīrtha de Sahasradhārā.
Agastya
Tirtha: Sahasradhārā
Type: kund
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Agastya raises a hand in teaching gesture, instructing Vyāsa to listen carefully; the scene foreshadows a powerful, auspicious emergence of a water-source or sacred pool.
FAQs
Sacred places are approached through attentive listening and humility, as their origins reveal dharmic meaning and spiritual benefit.
Sahasradhārā Tīrtha.
Attentive śravaṇa (careful listening) is enjoined as the proper approach to receiving tīrtha-māhātmya.