Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
सूत उवाच । अद्यापि च द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तत्र तीर्थे जगद्गुरुः । प्रथमं स्पृशते तोयं नित्यं स्याद्दयितं शुभम्
sūta uvāca | adyāpi ca dvijaśreṣṭhāstatra tīrthe jagadguruḥ | prathamaṃ spṛśate toyaṃ nityaṃ syāddayitaṃ śubham
सूत म्हणाला—हे द्विजश्रेष्ठांनो! आजही त्या तीर्थी जगद्गुरु प्रथम जलास स्पर्श करतात; ते जल नित्य प्रिय व अत्यंत शुभ आहे.
Sūta
Type: kund
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Sūta addresses assembled brāhmaṇas; in the background a luminous tīrtha-lake glimmers, and an unseen or subtly indicated 'Jagadguru' presence sanctifies the water by first touch, making the scene feel perpetually auspicious.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is enduring; sacred water remains auspicious across time and is honored by revered spiritual authorities.
The verse refers to “that tīrtha” in Adhyāya 182; the explicit site-name is not included in the provided text.
Reverential contact with the tīrtha-water (touching/approaching it first), implying ritual priority and sanctity of the water.