Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
नदी चित्रपथानाम तत्रोत्पन्ना वरानने । चित्रादित्यस्य पूर्वेण ब्रह्मतीर्थस्य चोत्तरे
nadī citrapathānāma tatrotpannā varānane | citrādityasya pūrveṇa brahmatīrthasya cottare
ഹേ വരാനനേ! അവിടെ ‘ചിത്രപഥാ’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള ഒരു നദി ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു—ചിത്രാദിത്യത്തിന്റെ കിഴക്കിലും ബ്രഹ്മതീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ വടക്കിലും।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Citrāpathā-nadī
Type: kund
Listener: Varavarṇinī
Scene: A fresh river-stream springs forth in Prabhāsa, labeled Citrāpathā, with two reference shrines: Citrāditya to the west and Brahma-tīrtha to the south; the landscape is shown like a sacred map with directional cues.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma sanctifies landscape—rivers and landmarks become carriers of merit through their association with tīrthas.
Brahma-tīrtha and the newly arisen river Citrāpathā within Prabhāsa-kṣetra; also the landmark Citrāditya.
None directly; the verse provides sacred topography for pilgrims to locate the river and tīrthas.