Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 6
इति रामो वरं प्रादात्सीतायै च प्रजाप्रियः । तदाप्रभृति सर्वत्र तत्तीर्थं भुवि वर्त्तते
iti rāmo varaṃ prādātsītāyai ca prajāpriyaḥ | tadāprabhṛti sarvatra tattīrthaṃ bhuvi varttate
یوں رعایا کے محبوب رام نے سیتا کو ور (نعمت) عطا کیا۔ اسی وقت سے وہ تیرتھ زمین پر قائم ہو کر ہر جگہ مشہور ہو گیا۔
Śrī Rāma (within the narrated account; verse reports the boon-granting)
Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: Rāma, regal and serene, granting a boon to Sītā beside a newly sanctified water-body; attendants and sages witness as the kuṇḍa’s sanctity ‘takes root’ in the world.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is presented as divinely sanctioned—established through boon and remembrance, sustaining its power through time.
Sītākuṇḍa as a consecrated tīrtha established by Rāma’s boon to Sītā.
No direct rite; it narrates the tīrtha’s establishment and continuing presence.