Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 11
ब्रह्मोवाच । शृण्वन्तु सर्वे त्रिदशाः सावधानाः सविस्मयाः । कुण्डस्यैतस्य माहात्म्यं नानाफलसमन्वितम्
brahmovāca | śṛṇvantu sarve tridaśāḥ sāvadhānāḥ savismayāḥ | kuṇḍasyaitasya māhātmyaṃ nānāphalasamanvitam
ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ ത്രിദശന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും വിസ്മയത്തോടെ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ കേൾക്കുക; ഈ കുണ്ഡത്തിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം നാനാവിധ ഫലങ്ങളാൽ സമന്വിതമാണ്.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kuṇḍa (unnamed in excerpt)
Type: kund
Listener: Devas (tridaśāḥ)
Scene: Brahmā begins teaching; devas sit or stand in attentive semicircle, faces calm yet wonder-struck; the kuṇḍa’s presence is felt as a luminous backdrop.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is to be received with attention; tīrtha-māhātmya is presented as a source of many dharmic results.
The same Ayodhyā kuṇḍa whose māhātmya Brahmā now begins to teach.
An implicit prescription: listen carefully to māhātmya (śravaṇa) as a dharmic practice that supports faith in tīrtha rites.