Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमनाः प्रिये । पुरा पंचशिरा आसीद्ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ priye | purā paṃcaśirā āsīdbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
त्याची उत्पत्ती मी सांगतो—हे प्रिये, एकाग्र मनाने ऐक. पूर्वी लोकपितामह ब्रह्मा पंचशिरा (पाच मस्तकांचा) होता।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Śaṇḍatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva addresses Devī with affectionate gravity, inviting focused listening; the scene shifts to ancient time where Brahmā appears with five heads, establishing the mythic backdrop for the tīrtha’s birth.
FAQs
Sacred places are grounded in cosmic history; attentive listening to tīrtha-origins is itself a dhārmic act that deepens faith and discernment.
Śaṇḍatīrtha—its origin is being introduced as part of its māhātmya.
A listening injunction: “hear with focused mind,” emphasizing śravaṇa (reverent hearing) as a devotional discipline.