Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
विश्वामित्र उवाच । अत्रास्ति कूपिका पुण्या यस्यां संश्रयते गया । कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्याममावास्यादिने तथा
viśvāmitra uvāca | atrāsti kūpikā puṇyā yasyāṃ saṃśrayate gayā | kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmamāvāsyādine tathā
विश्वामित्र उवाच—अत्र पुण्या कूपिका अस्ति, यस्यां गया संश्रयते इति श्रूयते। कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्याम् अमावास्यादिने तथा।
Viśvāmitra
Tirtha: Kūpikā
Type: kund
Listener: King
Scene: Viśvāmitra points toward a stone-lined well; subtle divine aura suggests ‘Gayā residing’ within; calendrical symbols mark kṛṣṇa-caturdaśī and amāvāsyā.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas are portrayed as ‘equivalents’ of renowned pilgrimage centers, making ancestral duty accessible through local sacred geography.
A puṇyā kūpikā (holy well) where the power of Gayā is said to abide.
Observances centered on Kṛṣṇapakṣa Caturdaśī and Amāvāsyā, days especially suited for pitṛ-related rites (leading into śrāddha in the next verses).
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