Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 125
तथास्त्विति ततः सर्वेऽतिथिं प्रोचुः सुरोत्तमाः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राह पुलस्त्यर्षिः पितामहम्
tathāstviti tataḥ sarve'tithiṃ procuḥ surottamāḥ | etasminnaṃtare prāha pulastyarṣiḥ pitāmaham
അപ്പോൾ സരോത്തമന്മാരായ ദേവന്മാർ എല്ലാവരും അതിഥിയോട് “തഥാസ്തു” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു. അതിനിടയിൽ പുലസ്ത്യ ഋഷി പിതാമഹൻ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്)നോട് പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator
Tirtha: Atithi-tīrtha (confirmed)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial assembly: devas raise hands in assent to Atithi; scene dissolves into Pulastya addressing Brahmā on a lotus-throne—transition from earthly tīrtha to cosmic council.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s promised fruits are ratified by divine consensus, strengthening its authority in the māhātmya.
Atithi’s tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (affirmed by the gods).
No new rite; it confirms the previously stated snāna benefit and shifts the narration to Pulastya’s speech.
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