Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63
सर्वतीर्थवरं तीर्थं मणिनागं नृपोत्तम । तीर्थाख्यानमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेच्छृणुयादपि
sarvatīrthavaraṃ tīrthaṃ maṇināgaṃ nṛpottama | tīrthākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi
हे नृपोत्तमा! मणिनाग हे सर्व तीर्थांतील श्रेष्ठ तीर्थ आहे। या तीर्थाचे हे पुण्य आख्यान जो वाचेल किंवा ऐकेलही—
Narrator addressing a king (nṛpottama; exact identity not explicit in excerpt)
Tirtha: Maṇināga
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nṛpottama / Pāṇḍunandana (royal addressee within the discourse)
Scene: A royal court or forest hermitage where a sage narrates the Maṇināga tīrtha’s greatness to a king (‘nṛpottama’); a manuscript or palm-leaf text is held up as listeners gather reverently.
FAQs
Hearing or reciting a tīrtha-māhātmya itself becomes a meritorious act, not only physical travel.
Maṇināga Tīrtha, praised as the best among tīrthas.
Pāṭha and śravaṇa: reading and listening to the tīrtha narrative as a devotional discipline.