Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9
तस्य तीर्थस्य पुण्यस्य क्षीरकुण्डमिति प्रथाम् । भवतां सादरं वक्ष्ये शृणुध्वं श्रद्धया सह
tasya tīrthasya puṇyasya kṣīrakuṇḍamiti prathām | bhavatāṃ sādaraṃ vakṣye śṛṇudhvaṃ śraddhayā saha
Kini aku akan menceritakan dengan penuh hormat kisah tīrtha yang suci dan sarat kebajikan itu, yang masyhur sebagai ‘Kṣīrakuṇḍa’. Dengarlah bersama dengan śraddhā (keyakinan).
Narrator of the Setukhaṇḍa (deduced: Skanda speaking within Setu Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Kṣīrakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Audience of dvija-s / seekers
Scene: A teacher-narrator seated in a simple āśrama setting, addressing attentive dvija listeners; behind them, a symbolic depiction of the milk-white kuṇḍa and the sea, indicating the story’s locus.
FAQs
Śraddhā (faithful attention) is presented as the right vessel for receiving tīrtha-māhātmya, which itself generates devotion and merit.
The tīrtha known as Kṣīrakuṇḍa.
The instruction is śravaṇa (devout listening) to the māhātmya; no external rite is specified in this verse.