Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्नृपश्रेष्ठ शुक्लतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । यत्ख्यातिमगमत्पूर्वं सकाशाद्दाशवर्गतः
pulastya uvāca | tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha śuklatīrthamanuttamam | yatkhyātimagamatpūrvaṃ sakāśāddāśavargataḥ
पुलस्त्य म्हणाले—हे नृपश्रेष्ठ! त्यानंतर अनुपम शुक्लतीर्थास जावे; ज्याची कीर्ती पूर्वी मच्छीमार-वर्गातील एका पुरुषामुळे प्रसारित झाली होती।
Pulastya
Tirtha: Śukla Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (the king)
Scene: Pulastya, staff in hand, gestures toward a path leading to a bright (śukla) waterbody; the king and retinue prepare to depart; a hint of fisherfolk settlement near the water suggests the forthcoming legend.
FAQs
Tīrthas elevate all—devotion, not birth, can become the cause of a place’s enduring sacred fame.
Śukla Tīrtha, introduced as an anuttama (unsurpassed) pilgrimage spot in the Arbuda region.
A direct pilgrimage injunction: “one should go” (gacchet) to Śukla Tīrtha.