Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
दन्तैर्द्रुतं समुत्पाट्य यावदाकर्षति द्विजाः । तावत्तज्जडमार्गेण तोयधारा विनिर्गता
dantairdrutaṃ samutpāṭya yāvadākarṣati dvijāḥ | tāvattajjaḍamārgeṇa toyadhārā vinirgatā
ஓ இருபிறப்பினரே! அவள் பற்களால் அதை விரைவாகப் பிடுங்கி இழுத்தவுடனே, அந்த உறைந்த வழியினூடே நீர்த் தாரை உடனே வெளிப்பட்டது।
Sūta
Type: kund
Listener: dvijāḥ / dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ (addressed audience within the narration)
Scene: A thirsty cow uproots a tuft of grass with her teeth; at the very pull, a clear stream bursts from the earth along a newly formed rigid channel, startling nearby sages/Brāhmaṇas.
FAQs
When dharma’s conditions mature, grace can burst forth suddenly—turning an ordinary act into the revelation of a tīrtha.
Gomukha-tīrtha, whose water is described as emerging at the cow’s action.
None explicitly; the verse narrates the tīrtha’s emergence (prādurbhāva), foundational for later practices like snāna and pāna.