Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
शंखतीर्थे स्थितो नित्यं समाहूय ततः सुतान् । पुत्रान्पौत्रांस्तथा भृत्यान्वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
śaṃkhatīrthe sthito nityaṃ samāhūya tataḥ sutān | putrānpautrāṃstathā bhṛtyānvākyametaduvāca ha
وہ شَنگھ تیرتھ میں ہمیشہ مقیم رہتا تھا؛ پھر اس نے اپنے بیٹوں کو—اور ساتھ ہی پوتوں اور خادموں کو—بلایا اور یہ کلمات کہے۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: At Śaṅkhatīrtha, the elder founder sits in a sacred precinct and summons sons, grandsons, and attendants into an orderly assembly to deliver a charge of protection.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved through deliberate transmission—elders instruct heirs and dependents to uphold sacred trusts.
Śaṅkhatīrtha.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces an instruction regarding dharmic protection connected to the tīrtha.