Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 125
तथास्त्विति ततः सर्वेऽतिथिं प्रोचुः सुरोत्तमाः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राह पुलस्त्यर्षिः पितामहम्
tathāstviti tataḥ sarve'tithiṃ procuḥ surottamāḥ | etasminnaṃtare prāha pulastyarṣiḥ pitāmaham
Kemudian semua dewa yang utama berkata kepada Atithi, “Demikianlah jadinya.” Pada ketika itu juga, resi Pulastya berkata kepada Pitāmaha (Brahmā).
Narrator
Tirtha: Atithi-tīrtha (confirmed)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial assembly: devas raise hands in assent to Atithi; scene dissolves into Pulastya addressing Brahmā on a lotus-throne—transition from earthly tīrtha to cosmic council.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s promised fruits are ratified by divine consensus, strengthening its authority in the māhātmya.
Atithi’s tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (affirmed by the gods).
No new rite; it confirms the previously stated snāna benefit and shifts the narration to Pulastya’s speech.