Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
सूत उवाच । अद्यापि च द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तत्र तीर्थे जगद्गुरुः । प्रथमं स्पृशते तोयं नित्यं स्याद्दयितं शुभम्
sūta uvāca | adyāpi ca dvijaśreṣṭhāstatra tīrthe jagadguruḥ | prathamaṃ spṛśate toyaṃ nityaṃ syāddayitaṃ śubham
சூதர் கூறினார்—ஓ த்விஜச்ரேஷ்டர்களே! இன்றும் அந்த தீர்த்தத்தில் ஜகத்குரு முதலில் நீரைத் தொடுகிறார்; அது எப்போதும் பிரியமும் மங்களகரமும் ஆகும்.
Sūta
Type: kund
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)
Scene: Sūta addresses assembled brāhmaṇas; in the background a luminous tīrtha-lake glimmers, and an unseen or subtly indicated 'Jagadguru' presence sanctifies the water by first touch, making the scene feel perpetually auspicious.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is enduring; sacred water remains auspicious across time and is honored by revered spiritual authorities.
The verse refers to “that tīrtha” in Adhyāya 182; the explicit site-name is not included in the provided text.
Reverential contact with the tīrtha-water (touching/approaching it first), implying ritual priority and sanctity of the water.
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