Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
ईश्वर उवाच । इत्थं समभवत्तत्र यमुनोद्भेदमुत्तमम् । कुण्डमादित्यतो याम्ये दुंदुभिस्तत्र पूर्वतः
īśvara uvāca | itthaṃ samabhavattatra yamunodbhedamuttamam | kuṇḍamādityato yāmye duṃdubhistatra pūrvataḥ
ဣශ්ဝရက မိန့်တော်မူသည်—“ဤသို့ ထိုနေရာ၌ ယမုနာ၏ အထူးမြတ်သော ပေါ်ထွက်မှု ဖြစ်ပေါ်하였다။ အာဒိတျ၏ တောင်ဘက်တွင် ကုဏ္ဍတစ်ခုရှိပြီး၊ ထို၏ အရှေ့ဘက်တွင် ဒုန္ဒုဘိ ဟူသော တီရ္ထရှိသည်။”
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Mahākuṇḍa (south of Āditya); Duṃdubhi-tīrtha (east)
Type: kund
Listener: Mahādevī (addressed implicitly by narrative frame; explicit in next verse)
Scene: Īśvara speaks, indicating directions: an Āditya shrine/marker, a pond to its south, and the Duṃdubhi tīrtha to the east—like a sacred map unfolding in speech.
FAQs
Divine narratives also function as pilgrimage-guides, marking sacred coordinates where grace becomes accessible through tīrthas.
The Yamunodbheda spot in Prabhāsakṣetra, along with a kuṇḍa south of Āditya and the Duṃdubhi tīrtha to the east.
Not directly; the verse provides sacred topography that supports later acts like snāna and offerings.