Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 38
सरांसि चापि चत्वारि चतुर्दिक्षु निबोध मे । प्राच्येऽरुणोदसंज्ञं तु मानसं दक्षिणे सरः
sarāṃsi cāpi catvāri caturdikṣu nibodha me | prācye'ruṇodasaṃjñaṃ tu mānasaṃ dakṣiṇe saraḥ
चारही दिशांना चार सरोवरे आहेत—माझ्याकडून जाणून घे. पूर्वेस ‘अरुणोद’ नावाचे सरोवर, दक्षिणेस ‘मानस’ सरोवर आहे।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Mānasa (as sacred lake motif)
Type: kund
Scene: Two of the four directional lakes are highlighted: Aruṇoda glowing with dawn-red light in the east; Mānasa serene and mirror-like in the south, with swans and lotus beds.
FAQs
Purāṇic tradition sacralizes waters as cosmic supports of life, inviting a mindset of purity and reverence toward sacred waters.
The verse names cosmic lakes (Aruṇoda, Mānasa) rather than an explicitly visited earthly tīrtha.
None stated; no snāna or vrata is prescribed in this verse.