Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
नारद उवाच । यदा मे स्थापितं स्थानं प्रसाद्याथ मया प्रभुः । ब्रह्मलोकात्समानीतः साक्षाद्ब्रह्मा पितामहः
nārada uvāca | yadā me sthāpitaṃ sthānaṃ prasādyātha mayā prabhuḥ | brahmalokātsamānītaḥ sākṣādbrahmā pitāmahaḥ
नारद उवाच— यदा मम स्थानं स्थापितं, मया प्रसादितश्च प्रभुः; तदा ब्रह्मलोकात् साक्षाद्ब्रह्मा पितामहः समानीतः।
Nārada
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha/Nārada-sthāna (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: Nārada narrates as a radiant Brahmā descends from a celestial realm to a newly established sacred seat; devas witness, and the landscape below—pond/well and shrine—glows with consecration light.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is confirmed by divine approval and the presence of cosmic authorities like Brahmā.
Koṭitīrtha is being introduced through Nārada’s account of its divine establishment.
None explicitly; the verse sets the narrative context for later instructions about bathing and worship.