Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
आनर्त उवाच । सांप्रतं मुनिशार्दूल शंखतीर्थ समुद्भवम् । माहात्म्यं वद मे कृत्स्नं श्रद्धा मे महती स्थिता
ānarta uvāca | sāṃprataṃ muniśārdūla śaṃkhatīrtha samudbhavam | māhātmyaṃ vada me kṛtsnaṃ śraddhā me mahatī sthitā
ஆனர்த்தன் கூறினான்—முனிசார்தூலரே! இப்போது சங்கதீர்த்தத்தின் தோற்றமும் அதன் முழு மஹாத்மியமும் எனக்குச் சொல்லுங்கள்; எனக்குள் மகத்தான பக்தி உறுதியாக நிலைத்துள்ளது.
Ānarta
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Viśvāmitra (addressed as munīśārdūla)
Scene: A king of Ānarta, hands folded, respectfully questions a great sage about the origin and greatness of Śaṅkhatīrtha; the setting suggests a hermitage near a sacred waterbody, with pilgrims in the distance.
FAQs
True inquiry, grounded in śraddhā, is the doorway to receiving tīrtha-māhātmya knowledge and its dharmic inspiration.
Śaṃkhatīrtha, whose origin and greatness are requested at the start of the chapter.
No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse initiates the māhātmya by requesting the tīrtha’s origin and glory.