Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14
इति त्रिपुरुषशालामाहात्म्यम् । नारद उवाच । अथान्यत्संप्रवक्ष्यामि मदीयसरसो महत्
iti tripuruṣaśālāmāhātmyam | nārada uvāca | athānyatsaṃpravakṣyāmi madīyasaraso mahat
かくしてトリプルシャの殿堂の功徳讃歎は終わる。ナーラダは言った。「今より、さらに別の物語――我に縁ある聖なる湖の大いなる威徳を説き明かそう。」
Nārada
Tirtha: Nārada-saras (Nārada’s lake)
Type: kund
Scene: A colophon-like closure: ‘Thus the Tripuruṣa-hall māhātmya.’ Nārada then speaks, turning the audience toward the next sacred site—his great lake.
FAQs
Māhātmyas are structured teachings—one sacred site’s glory leads into another, guiding pilgrims through dharmic geography.
The Nāradīya-saras (Nārada’s sacred lake) is introduced as the next tīrtha to be praised.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it functions as a narrative transition introducing the lake’s greatness.