Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
एवं ते ब्राह्मणाः श्रुत्वा कौतूहलसमन्विताः । तत्र जग्मुः परीक्षार्थं विक्षिप्य तदनंतरम्
evaṃ te brāhmaṇāḥ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitāḥ | tatra jagmuḥ parīkṣārthaṃ vikṣipya tadanaṃtaram
ഇതു കേട്ട് ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണർ കൗതുകത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞു, പരീക്ഷിക്കാനായി ഉടൻ തന്നെ അവിടേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Type: kund
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas, staffs and waterpots in hand, set out briskly from a village/āśrama toward the sacred waterbody, faces bright with curiosity.
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Sacred claims are approached with earnest inquiry, and pilgrimage becomes a lived verification of tīrtha-mahima.
Śuklatīrtha, the destination the brāhmaṇas go to examine.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it narrates the resolve to visit the tīrtha for parīkṣā (verification).