Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
कतमं शंखतीर्थं तत्कस्मिन्स्थाने व्यवस्थितम् । किंप्रभावं च निःशेषं सर्वं विस्तरतो वद
katamaṃ śaṃkhatīrthaṃ tatkasminsthāne vyavasthitam | kiṃprabhāvaṃ ca niḥśeṣaṃ sarvaṃ vistarato vada
وہ شَنکھ تیرتھ کون سا ہے اور کس مقام پر قائم ہے؟ اور اس کی تاثیر کیا ہے؟ سب کچھ بے کم و کاست، تفصیل سے بیان کیجیے۔
Sages (Ṛṣayaḥ) to Sūta (deduced from immediate reply “Sūta uvāca” in next verse)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis
Scene: An assembly of brāhmaṇas respectfully questions the narrator about the exact identity, location, and miraculous efficacy of Śaṅkhatīrtha, as if consulting a sacred map.
FAQs
A seeker should inquire precisely into the place, power, and practice connected with a tīrtha, because sacred geography in the Purāṇas is meant to be understood and lived.
Śaṅkhatīrtha, introduced as a notable tīrtha within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
None explicitly here; the verse is an inquiry that sets up the forthcoming description of the tīrtha’s prabhāva and associated observances.