Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 11
ब्रह्मोवाच । शृण्वन्तु सर्वे त्रिदशाः सावधानाः सविस्मयाः । कुण्डस्यैतस्य माहात्म्यं नानाफलसमन्वितम्
brahmovāca | śṛṇvantu sarve tridaśāḥ sāvadhānāḥ savismayāḥ | kuṇḍasyaitasya māhātmyaṃ nānāphalasamanvitam
பிரம்மா கூறினார்— முப்பத்து தேவர்களே, வியப்புடன் கவனமாக நீங்கள் அனைவரும் கேளுங்கள்; இந்தக் குண்டத்தின் மஹாத்மியம் பலவகை ஆன்மிகப் பலன்களால் நிறைந்தது.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kuṇḍa (unnamed in excerpt)
Type: kund
Listener: Devas (tridaśāḥ)
Scene: Brahmā begins teaching; devas sit or stand in attentive semicircle, faces calm yet wonder-struck; the kuṇḍa’s presence is felt as a luminous backdrop.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is to be received with attention; tīrtha-māhātmya is presented as a source of many dharmic results.
The same Ayodhyā kuṇḍa whose māhātmya Brahmā now begins to teach.
An implicit prescription: listen carefully to māhātmya (śravaṇa) as a dharmic practice that supports faith in tīrtha rites.