Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
भल्लेनाहं यतो विद्धस्त्वया पादतले शुभे । भल्लतीर्थमिति ख्यातं ततो ह्येतद्भविष्यति
bhallenāhaṃ yato viddhastvayā pādatale śubhe | bhallatīrthamiti khyātaṃ tato hyetadbhaviṣyati
چونکہ تو نے بھلّا تیر سے میرے مبارک قدم کے تلوے کو زخمی کیا ہے، اس لیے یہ جگہ آگے چل کر ‘بھلّا تیرتھ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوگی۔
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Bhalla-tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Jarā
Scene: Close focus on the bhalla-arrow and the auspicious sole of the Lord’s foot (with śrīvatsa/lotus-like marks implied), while the surrounding ground subtly transforms into a marked tīrtha spot, as if the landscape itself receives a name.
FAQs
Sacred places are often sanctified through divine events; the Lord’s līlā becomes the basis for tīrtha-glory.
Bhalla-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None in this verse; it explains the origin of the tīrtha’s name.