Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । तथान्यदपि संजातमाश्चर्यं यदभूद्द्विजाः । विश्वामित्रेण सा शक्तिर्वसिष्ठाय विसर्जिता
sūta uvāca | tathānyadapi saṃjātamāścaryaṃ yadabhūddvijāḥ | viśvāmitreṇa sā śaktirvasiṣṭhāya visarjitā
สูตะกล่าวว่า: โอ้เหล่าทวิชฤๅษี อีกอัศจรรย์หนึ่งก็ได้บังเกิดขึ้น—วิศวามิตรได้ขว้างศักติอันเป็นฤทธิ์ทิพย์ (อาวุธ) ไปยังวสิษฐะ
Sūta
Listener: Dvāija-sages
Scene: A dramatic scene: Viśvāmitra, radiant with ascetic fire, releases a blazing astric force toward Vasiṣṭha, who stands calm, protected by brahma-tejas; surrounding sages watch in astonishment.
FAQs
Even conflicts among great figures become instruments through which tīrthas manifest and dharma is ultimately upheld.
The Dhārā tīrtha setting within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, whose origin is linked to the Viśvāmitra–Vasiṣṭha narrative.
None in this verse; it introduces the origin narrative that grounds later prescriptions like bathing and darśana.