Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110
एवं तत्र समुत्पन्नं तत्तडागं शुभावहम् । आनर्त्तीयं तथा विष्णुकूपिका सा च शोभना
evaṃ tatra samutpannaṃ tattaḍāgaṃ śubhāvaham | ānarttīyaṃ tathā viṣṇukūpikā sā ca śobhanā
ఇలా అక్కడ శుభఫలప్రదమైన ఆ తటాకం ఉద్భవించింది; అది ‘ఆనర్త్తీయం’ అని ప్రసిద్ధి, మరియు ఆ అందమైన బావి ‘విష్ణుకూపికా’ అని పిలువబడింది।
Narrative voice (speaker not explicit in this verse; continuing Sūta’s narration context)
Tirtha: Ānarttīya Taḍāga; Viṣṇukūpikā
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A newly manifested pond with clear water and lotus blooms; nearby a stone-lined well with Viṣṇu symbolism (śaṅkha-cakra motifs) and pilgrims reading/reciting the names.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas are not abstract: they are named, located sacred waters whose very identity is celebrated as auspicious.
The pond named Ānarttīya and the well named Viṣṇukūpikā.
None directly; the verse provides tīrtha-nāma (site names) foundational for later rites like snāna and dīpadāna.