Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49
तीर्थस्य महिमा राजन्हयशीर्षस्तदा हरिः । शुभाननो हि संजातः पूर्वेणैवा ननेन तु
tīrthasya mahimā rājanhayaśīrṣastadā hariḥ | śubhānano hi saṃjātaḥ pūrveṇaivā nanena tu
“اے راجن! اس تیرتھ کی ایسی مہِما ہے کہ تب ہری ہَیَشیِرش (ہَیَگریو) بن کر ظاہر ہوئے—مبارک چہرے کے ساتھ؛ پہلے سبب سے بھی اور اس تیرتھ کے اثر سے بھی۔”
Purāṇic narrator (within Dharmāraṇya Māhātmya; addressing a king)
Tirtha: Hayagrīva-tīrtha (implied by context)
Type: tirtha
Listener: A king (rājan)
Scene: Hari appears as Hayagrīva—human body with horse head—radiant and auspicious-faced, standing near a sacred waterbody/ford. A king and sages witness, hands folded, as the tīrtha glows.
FAQs
The Purāṇas present divine manifestations as confirmations of a tīrtha’s sanctity and spiritual potency.
The tīrtha within Dharmāraṇya whose mahimā is being described; its power is illustrated through Hari’s Hayagrīva form.
None directly; the verse functions as praise (māhātmya) rather than instruction.