Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
ततो गच्छेद्द्विजश्रेष्ठास्तीर्थं खञ्जनकाभिधम् । आसीत्खञ्जनको नाम दैत्यश्चातिबलान्वितः
tato gaccheddvijaśreṣṭhāstīrthaṃ khañjanakābhidham | āsītkhañjanako nāma daityaścātibalānvitaḥ
پھر اے افضلِ دِویج، خنجنک نامی تیرتھ کی طرف جانا چاہیے۔ کبھی خنجنک نام کا ایک دَیتیہ تھا جو نہایت عظیم قوت سے بہرہ مند تھا۔
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Khañjanaka-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha (addressed audience)
Scene: A guide-sage points pilgrims toward a lesser-known ford labeled ‘Khañjanaka’; in the background, a shadowy, powerful daitya figure is shown in narrative vignette, indicating the origin story about to unfold.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrthas are mapped through sacred memory—places carry names and power through the events associated with them.
Khañjanaka-tīrtha in the Dvārakā Māhātmya itinerary.
The instruction is to visit (gacchet) the tīrtha; the bathing-fruit is stated in the following verse.