Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
ऋषय ऊचुः । तत्र सप्तर्षिभिस्तीर्थं कस्मिन्काले व्यवस्थितम् । विस्तरात्सूतज ब्रूहि परं कौतूहलं हि नः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | tatra saptarṣibhistīrthaṃ kasminkāle vyavasthitam | vistarātsūtaja brūhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
ऋषय ऊचुः—तत्र सप्तर्षिभिः स्थापितं तीर्थं कस्मिन्काले व्यवस्थितम्? सूतज, विस्तरेण ब्रूहि; अस्माकं हि परं कौतूहलम्।
Ṛṣis (assembled sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ (assembled sages)
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: multiple sages seated in a semicircle, addressing Sūta with palms joined, asking about the time and manner of a Saptarṣi-founded tīrtha.
FAQs
Sacred places are understood through lineage, memory, and inquiry—asking for the tīrtha’s origin is itself part of reverent engagement with dharma.
A Saptarṣi-established tīrtha featured in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 32 (the chapter proceeds to narrate its background).
No direct ritual act here; it initiates the tīrtha’s origin narration (māhātmya-śravaṇa), a valued devotional practice.