Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
अन्यत्कौतूहलं राजन्महद्दृष्टं महाद्भुतम् । पदस्य तस्य यच्छ्रुत्वा जायते विस्मयो महान्
anyatkautūhalaṃ rājanmahaddṛṣṭaṃ mahādbhutam | padasya tasya yacchrutvā jāyate vismayo mahān
اور ایک اور باتِ تجسّس ہے، اے راجن! ایک عظیم اور نہایت عجیب منظر دیکھا گیا ہے؛ اس نقشِ قدم کا حال سن کر دل میں بڑا تعجّب پیدا ہوتا ہے۔
Pulastya (addressing a king/listener, likely a rājan in the dialogue)
Tirtha: Pitāmaha-pada at Arbuda (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājan (king)
Scene: A king listens as a sage describes the footprint’s marvel; the king’s expression shifts to astonishment, while attendants and sages look toward the shrine in the distance.
FAQs
Sacred places carry wondrous signs; even hearing their glory awakens reverence and transformative awe.
The same Brahmapada tirtha, presented as an ‘adbhuta’ (marvel) within the Arbuda narrative.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces a wondrous characteristic of the sacred footprint to deepen devotion.