Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
ऋषय ऊचुः । यथैश्वर्यं धर्मपुत्रो लक्ष्मीतीर्थे निमज्जनात् । आप्तवान्कृष्णवचनात्तन्नो ब्रूहि महामुने
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yathaiśvaryaṃ dharmaputro lakṣmītīrthe nimajjanāt | āptavānkṛṣṇavacanāttanno brūhi mahāmune
ઋષિઓએ કહ્યું—લક્ષ્મીતિર્થમાં નિમજ્જન કરીને, શ્રીકૃષ્ણના વચનથી પ્રેરિત થઈ, ધર્મપુત્રે કેવી રીતે ઐશ્વર્ય મેળવ્યું? હે મહામુને, અમને કહો।
Ṛṣis (the sages)
Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: sages seated in a semicircle, palms joined, asking the great sage to explain the secret of Lakṣmī-tīrtha’s power and Kṛṣṇa’s instruction to Dharmaputra.
FAQs
Dharma is learned through inquiry: sages seek the underlying narrative that reveals how tīrtha merit operates.
Lakṣmī-tīrtha.
Nimajjana/snānā (immersion bathing) is referenced as the efficacious act.
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