Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
तीर्थानि देवतानां च पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । तीर्थं पंचनदं चक्रुः प्रजानां पतयस्तथा
tīrthāni devatānāṃ ca puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | tīrthaṃ paṃcanadaṃ cakruḥ prajānāṃ patayastathā
അവർ ദേവതകളുടെ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളും പുണ്യായതനങ്ങളും സ്ഥാപിച്ചു; അതുപോലെ ജനങ്ങളുടെ അധിപതികൾ എല്ലാവരുടെ മംഗളാർത്ഥം ‘പഞ്ചനദ’ എന്ന തീർത്ഥവും സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sauti), narrating
Tirtha: Pañcanada
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kings and sages mark out river-fords, install deities, and consecrate a new tīrtha named Pañcanada; artisans raise shrines while priests perform fire-rites on the riverbank.
FAQs
Creating and maintaining tīrthas and divine sanctuaries is a public dharma that multiplies merit for society.
Pañcanada Tīrtha (the sacred confluence/region of five rivers).
The verse speaks of founding tīrthas and sacred abodes; detailed rites appear in later verses.