Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
नैव किंचिदसत्यं स्यान्न च निंदाकरं तथा । श्रूयते च यतः श्लोकः पूर्वाचार्यैरुदाहृतः
naiva kiṃcidasatyaṃ syānna ca niṃdākaraṃ tathā | śrūyate ca yataḥ ślokaḥ pūrvācāryairudāhṛtaḥ
ഇവിടെ ഒന്നും അസത്യമല്ല; ഏതുവിധത്തിലും നിന്ദ്യവുമല്ല. കാരണം പൂർവാചാര്യർ ഉച്ചരിച്ച ഈ ശ്ലോകം ശ്രവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Suputradā (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: An elder teacher recites an old śloka to a gathered audience by the pond; listeners fold hands; a palm-leaf manuscript is visible; the atmosphere is calm, emphasizing tradition and credibility.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya is presented as trustworthy tradition, supported by the testimony of earlier ācāryas.
The ongoing praise concerns the Suputradā/Putradā tīrtha and its fruit, defended as authentic.
No new rite is added here; it asserts the reliability and non-blameworthiness of the preceding tīrtha teaching.