Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28
सद्ग्रामे सुजनाकीर्णे सुक्षेत्रे देवतालये । पुण्ये नदनदीतीरे वदेत्पुण्यकथां सुधीः
sadgrāme sujanākīrṇe sukṣetre devatālaye | puṇye nadanadītīre vadetpuṇyakathāṃ sudhīḥ
સદગ્રામમાં, સજ્જનોથી ભરેલા સ્થાને, પવિત્ર ક્ષેત્રમાં અથવા દેવાલયમાં, તથા પુણ્ય નદી-નદીનાં તટે—સુધી પુરુષે પુણ્યકથા કહેવી જોઈએ।
Narratorial Purāṇic voice (context not explicit in the snippet)
Type: ghat
Scene: A learned kathāvācaka seated on a vyāsapīṭha in a temple courtyard near a riverbank; virtuous villagers gathered, lamps and incense, the river flowing in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇa-kathā flourishes in sacred geography—temples, holy communities, and riverbanks—where dharma and devotion naturally support the listener.
No single named tīrtha; the verse praises tīrtha-like settings broadly—temples and sacred riverbanks.
It prescribes appropriate venues: a temple, a holy place, a virtuous settlement, or a meritorious riverbank.