Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
ऋषय ऊचुः । किं प्रमाणोऽर्बुदो नाम कस्मिन्देशे व्यवस्थितः । कथं वासिष्ठमाहात्म्यात्प्रथितो धरणीतले
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kiṃ pramāṇo'rbudo nāma kasmindeśe vyavasthitaḥ | kathaṃ vāsiṣṭhamāhātmyātprathito dharaṇītale
ऋषी म्हणाले—‘अर्बुद’ नावाच्या स्थळाचा प्रमाण व विस्तार किती आहे? तो कोणत्या देशात स्थित आहे? आणि वसिष्ठांच्या माहात्म्यामुळे तो पृथ्वीवर कसा प्रसिद्ध झाला?
Ṛṣis
Tirtha: Arbuda
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta (questioned) → Ṛṣis (to be instructed)
Scene: A circle of sages respectfully questioning the narrator; behind them a faint outline of a mountain and a compass-like motif indicating ‘measure’ and ‘direction’, signaling the start of a geographic-cum-mythic exposition.
FAQs
True understanding of a tīrtha includes its geography, its spiritual lineage, and the sage-power that established its fame.
Arbuda, whose greatness is linked to Vasiṣṭha.
None; this verse frames questions to elicit the māhātmya narrative.