Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
कस्मिन्देशे च तत्तीर्थं शिवः केनात्र संस्थितः । स्वयंभूर्भगवान्रुद्रः कथं तत्र स्थितः स्वयम् । प्रभो मे महदाश्चर्यं वर्तते तद्वदाधुना
kasmindeśe ca tattīrthaṃ śivaḥ kenātra saṃsthitaḥ | svayaṃbhūrbhagavānrudraḥ kathaṃ tatra sthitaḥ svayam | prabho me mahadāścaryaṃ vartate tadvadādhunā
ទីរថៈ (tīrtha) នោះស្ថិតនៅក្នុងដែនដីណា? ព្រះសិវៈត្រូវបានបង្កើតឲ្យស្ថិតនៅទីនោះដោយអ្នកណា? ព្រះរុទ្រៈ (Rudra) ដ៏ស្វយಂಭូ (svayambhū) និងព្រះមានពរ បានស្ថិតនៅទីនោះដោយខ្លួនឯងដូចម្តេច? ឱ ព្រះអម្ចាស់, វាជាអស្ចារ្យយ៉ាងធំសម្រាប់ខ្ញុំ—សូមប្រាប់ឥឡូវនេះ។
Pārvatī (Umā), addressing Śiva
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (to answer)
Scene: A devotee, astonished, asks: where is this tīrtha, who established Śiva there, and how did the self-born Rudra come to dwell there by himself?
FAQs
Reverence for tīrthas begins with inquiry—understanding how the Divine manifests in sacred geography deepens faith and pilgrimage-intent (bhāva).
The verse introduces the inquiry into the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra tīrtha within the Prabhāsa region, whose full māhātmya is explained in the following verses.
None is stated here; it is a preparatory question that opens the māhātmya narration.
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