Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
ऋषय ऊचुः । तीर्थं तस्य मुनेस्तत्र कस्मिन्काले व्यवस्थितम् । निर्मलं केन निःशेषं वद त्वं सूतनंदन
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | tīrthaṃ tasya munestatra kasminkāle vyavasthitam | nirmalaṃ kena niḥśeṣaṃ vada tvaṃ sūtanaṃdana
ரிஷிகள் கூறினர்—அந்த முனிவரின் தீர்த்தம் அங்கே எந்தக் காலத்தில் நிறுவப்பட்டது? எந்த காரணத்தால் அது முற்றிலும் நிர்மலமானது? ஓ சூதநந்தனே, எமக்கு உரைத்தருள்வாய்।
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta-nandana (the narrator addressed)
Scene: A forest āśrama assembly: seated ṛṣis with kamaṇḍalus and matted hair question the sūta-nandana narrator; behind them a hinted spring/stream and sacred grove, signaling an about-to-be-revealed tīrtha-māhātmya.
FAQs
Purāṇas frame tīrthas through origin narratives, showing that sanctity is rooted in divine/ṛṣi events and dharmic causality.
The tīrtha associated with the sage Viśvāmitra (the kuṇḍa introduced in Adhyāya 42).
None; the sages request the tīrtha’s origin, establishment time, and the cause of its complete purity.