Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
ब्रह्मोवाच । एतत्तीर्थं मया सृष्टमंतरिक्षस्थितं सदा । किं न श्रुतं पुराणेषु भवद्भिर्द्विजसत्तमाः
brahmovāca | etattīrthaṃ mayā sṛṣṭamaṃtarikṣasthitaṃ sadā | kiṃ na śrutaṃ purāṇeṣu bhavadbhirdvijasattamāḥ
ब्रह्मोवाच—एतत्तीर्थं मया सृष्टं सदा चान्तरिक्षस्थितम्। किं न श्रुतं पुराणेषु भवद्भिः, हे द्विजसत्तमाः?
Brahmā
Tirtha: Puṣkara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇic audience (implicit)
Scene: Brahmā speaks, declaring he created the tīrtha and that it abides in the mid-region; brāhmaṇas listen, surprised that such a famed matter could be unknown to them.
FAQs
Tīrthas possess cosmic grounding and are validated through Purāṇic remembrance and tradition.
Puṣkara tīrtha, described as created by Brahmā and abiding in the antarikṣa.
None directly; the verse frames scriptural hearing (śravaṇa) of Purāṇas as important.
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