Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
सापि तेन परित्यक्ता पतिना हृष्टमानसा । ज्ञात्वा तत्तीर्थमाहात्म्यं वैश्वानरमुखेरितम्
sāpi tena parityaktā patinā hṛṣṭamānasā | jñātvā tattīrthamāhātmyaṃ vaiśvānaramukheritam
पतीने परित्याग केला तरी ती हर्षितचित्तच राहिली; कारण वैश्वानर (अग्नी) यांच्या मुखातून सांगितलेले त्या तीर्थाचे माहात्म्य तिला कळले होते.
Narrator within the dialogue frame (explicitly references Vaiśvānara as the proclaimer)
Tirtha: Rudraśīrṣa (kuṇḍa)
Type: kund
Scene: The abandoned woman remains ‘hṛṣṭa-mānasā’, serene and uplifted, contemplating the tīrtha’s greatness as spoken by Agni; the pond appears luminous, suggesting inner purification made visible.
FAQs
Understanding tīrtha-māhātmya (the sacred site’s greatness) brings inner uplift and faith, independent of external acceptance.
The same ‘that tīrtha’—the Rudraśīrṣa-associated shrine and pond—whose greatness Agni proclaims.
None directly; emphasis is on hearing/knowing the māhātmya (śravaṇa/jñāna) as spiritually beneficial.