Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तथा तत्रास्ति विख्यातं रामह्रद इति स्मृतम् । यत्र ते पितरस्तेन रुधिरेण प्रतर्पिताः
| sūta uvāca | tathā tatrāsti vikhyātaṃ rāmahrada iti smṛtam | yatra te pitarastena rudhireṇa pratarpitāḥ
ಸೂತನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಅಲ್ಲಿ ‘ರಾಮಹ್ರದ’ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ಒಂದು ಹ್ರದವಿದೆ; ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಆ ರಕ್ತದಿಂದ ಪಿತೃಗಳು ತೃಪ್ತರಾದರು.
Sūta
Tirtha: Rāmahrada
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis (sages)
Scene: A tranquil pool named Rāmahrada, ringed by trees and stone steps; the narrator points it out while recounting an ancient episode where pitṛs were appeased by a blood-offering, hinting at a dramatic past beneath the serene surface.
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Tīrthas preserve sacred memory: a place-name (Rāmahrada) encodes an ancestral rite and its extraordinary legend.
Rāmahrada, a famed sacred pool (hrada) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha landscape.
The verse alludes to pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying the ancestors), introducing a narrative about an unusual offering.
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