Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
शृणु तत्राभवत्पूर्वं यदाश्चर्यं महीपते । दक्षिणस्या मुनिवराः कोटिसंख्याप्रमाणतः
śṛṇu tatrābhavatpūrvaṃ yadāścaryaṃ mahīpate | dakṣiṇasyā munivarāḥ koṭisaṃkhyāpramāṇataḥ
နားထောင်ပါ၊ အို မြေကြီး၏ အရှင်၊ ထိုနေရာ၌ ရှေးက ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သော အံ့ဩဖွယ်ကို။ တောင်ဘက်မှ မုနိမြတ်များသည် ကိုဋီအရေအတွက်ဖြင့် စုဝေးလာကြ၏။
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda (kṣetra context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahīpati (king)
Scene: Pulastya begins recounting an ancient marvel: countless southern sages arriving and assembling at Arbuda.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is often revealed through ancient marvels and the collective presence of realized sages.
The narrative context is the Koṭīśvara area introduced in Adhyāya 11.
No specific rite is prescribed; it introduces the legendary background (pūrva-vṛtta).