Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24
तीर्थभूतं हि कस्माच्च कारणात्तद्वदस्व मे । ब्राह्मणाः कतिसं ख्याकाः केन वै स्थापिताः पुरा
tīrthabhūtaṃ hi kasmācca kāraṇāttadvadasva me | brāhmaṇāḥ katisaṃ khyākāḥ kena vai sthāpitāḥ purā
សូមប្រាប់ខ្ញុំថា ដោយហេតុអ្វីកន្លែងនេះបានក្លាយជា ទីរថៈ (tīrtha) អធិស្ឋានសក្ការៈ? ហើយមានព្រាហ្មណ៍ប៉ុន្មាននាក់—នរណាបានស្ថាបនាពួកគេនៅទីនេះក្នុងកាលបុរាណ?
Unspecified in snippet (a questioner addressing a sage; likely the king in dialogue with Vyāsa in this narrative frame)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya Tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A respectful interlocutor questions a sage in a forest-hermitage setting, pointing toward a sanctified ford/clearing marked by ritual signs (kuśa, water-pot, sacrificial ground).
FAQs
A tīrtha is not merely a location; its sanctity is grounded in a specific sacred cause and dhārmic establishment.
Dharmāraṇya is the setting; the verse asks about the reason it attained tīrtha-status.
None explicitly; the verse is an inquiry into origin, numbers, and establishment.