Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 67
तदाप्रभृति तत्स्थानं परमां ख्यातिमाययौ । तस्य तीर्थस्य सकला भूमिः स्वर्णविनिर्मिता
tadāprabhṛti tatsthānaṃ paramāṃ khyātimāyayau | tasya tīrthasya sakalā bhūmiḥ svarṇavinirmitā
അന്നുമുതൽ ആ സ്ഥലം പരമഖ്യാതി പ്രാപിച്ചു; ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ മുഴുവൻ ഭൂമിയും സ്വർണ്ണനിർമ്മിതമായതുപോലെ ആയി.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narrative frame)
Tirtha: Unnamed tīrtha (Ayodhyā context; later specified as Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa in nearby verses)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A sacred bathing place whose very ground gleams like gold, suggesting a transformed landscape; pilgrims approach with offerings as the site radiates renown.
FAQs
A holy site’s glory increases through dharma, tapas, and divine-sanctioned rites, becoming renowned and spiritually radiant.
The particular tīrtha within Ayodhyā described in Adhyāya 7, whose fame spreads after Viśvāmitra’s episode.
No direct prescription; it is a mahātmya-style glorification describing the tīrtha’s transformed sanctity.