Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामस्तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । कानि तीर्थानि पुण्यानि भूतलेऽस्मिन्महामते
adhunā śrotumicchāmastīrthamāhātmyamuttamam | kāni tīrthāni puṇyāni bhūtale'sminmahāmate
இப்போது நாங்கள் உயர்ந்த தீர்த்தமாஹாத்மியத்தை கேட்க விரும்புகிறோம். ஓ மகாமதே, இந்த பூமியில் எந்த எந்த தீர்த்தங்கள் சிறப்பாகப் புண்ணியத்தை அளிப்பவை?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha-cycle (to be detailed) / Prabhāsa-kṣetra frame
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Sages leaning forward in eager inquiry before Vyāsa; behind them a stylized map-like panorama of rivers, mountains, temples—hinting at forthcoming tīrtha enumeration.
FAQs
Seeking knowledge of sacred geography is itself a dharmic impulse—pilgrimage and tīrtha-awareness are presented as pathways to puṇya.
None is named yet; the verse introduces the forthcoming catalog of tīrthas in the Arbuda/Prabhāsa narrative.
An implicit prescription to listen (śravaṇa) attentively to tīrtha-māhātmya teachings.