Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ऋषय ऊचुः । कथं तत्र समायातं सुपुण्यं पुष्करत्रयम् । कस्मिन्स्थाने च विज्ञेयं कैश्चिह्नैर्वद सूतज
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kathaṃ tatra samāyātaṃ supuṇyaṃ puṣkaratrayam | kasminsthāne ca vijñeyaṃ kaiścihnairvada sūtaja
ឥសីទាំងឡាយបានពោលថា៖ តើអាងបុស្ករបី ដែលបរិសុទ្ធយ៉ាងលើសលប់ នោះ មកដល់ទីនោះដោយរបៀបណា? គួរឲ្យស្គាល់នៅកន្លែងណា ហើយដោយសញ្ញាអ្វីខ្លះ? សូមប្រាប់យើងផង ឱ កូនសូត។
Ṛṣis (sages)
Tirtha: Puṣkaratraya
Type: kund
Listener: Sūta-ja / Sūta-putra (the narrator addressed)
Scene: A forest-āśrama gathering: seated ṛṣis with matted locks and deer-skins question Sūta’s son about the ‘Puṣkara-traya’, gesturing toward a distant sacred landscape.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is not random; sacred sites have origin-stories and identifiable signs preserved through authoritative transmission.
Puṣkara-traya—the three sacred Puṣkara pools—whose origin and markers the sages request.
None directly; the verse requests practical guidance for recognizing the tīrtha.