Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
वरुणश्च ततो दृष्ट्वा पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । चकार च सरो दिव्यं विष्णुभक्तिसमन्वितः
varuṇaśca tato dṛṣṭvā puṇyānyāyatanāni ca | cakāra ca saro divyaṃ viṣṇubhaktisamanvitaḥ
ต่อมา พระวรุณเมื่อทอดพระเนตรสถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์ทั้งหลายแล้ว ก็ทรงสร้างสระทิพย์อีกแห่งหนึ่ง อันประกอบด้วยภักติแด่พระวิษณุ
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Varuṇa-kṛta divya-saras (name not specified in verse)
Type: kund
Scene: Varuṇa, lord of waters, beholds the holy abodes and manifests a radiant lake; Vaiṣṇava symbols subtly appear—tulasī, śaṅkha, cakra motifs—signifying Viṣṇu-bhakti infused into the waters.
FAQs
Even cosmic deities honor tīrtha-dharma; devotion to Viṣṇu inspires the establishment of sacred places for the world’s welfare.
Varuṇa’s divine lake, introduced here and named Varuṇapada in the next verse.
No direct prescription in this verse; it narrates the tīrtha’s origin and devotional character (Viṣṇu-bhakti).