Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ऋषय ऊचुः । कुतः परशुरामेण भंक्त्वा निजकुठारकम् । निर्मिता लोहयष्टिः सा तत्रोत्सृष्टा च सा कुतः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kutaḥ paraśurāmeṇa bhaṃktvā nijakuṭhārakam | nirmitā lohayaṣṭiḥ sā tatrotsṛṣṭā ca sā kutaḥ
Para resi berkata: Atas sebab apakah Paraśurāma, setelah mematahkan kapaknya sendiri, membentuk tongkat besi itu? Dan atas alasan apakah ia ditinggalkan di sana?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Lohayaṣṭi (origin inquiry)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of sages respectfully question Sūta about Paraśurāma’s broken axe and the forging/abandoning of the iron staff at the site.
FAQs
Māhātmya narratives often explain how a tīrtha receives sanctity through a saintly act or renunciation; the sages seek the ethical cause behind the act.
The tīrtha “there” is the one being described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 94; its explicit name is supplied by the subsequent narration.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the legend behind the site’s sanctity.