Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
पुरा वेदशिरा नाम मुनिरासीन्महातपाः । भृगुवंश समुत्पन्नो मूर्तो वेद इवापरः
purā vedaśirā nāma munirāsīnmahātapāḥ | bhṛguvaṃśa samutpanno mūrto veda ivāparaḥ
いにしえ、ヴェーダシラスという名の牟尼がいた。大いなる苦行の力を備え、ブリグの系統に生まれ、まるで第二の具現したヴェーダのごとき者であった。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pañcanada (origin narrative context)
Scene: Sage Vedaśiras, radiant with austerity, seated in meditation with matted locks and kamaṇḍalu; subtle Vedic syllables or fire-like aura encircle him, suggesting ‘another embodied Veda’.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya is linked with the lives of great ṛṣis: purity of place is intertwined with purity of tapas and Vedic character.
Indirectly Pañcanada, through the opening of its origin narrative involving the sage Vedaśiras.
None explicitly; the verse establishes the authority of the narrative by introducing a Veda-like sage.