Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2
नारद उवाच । यदा मे स्थापितं स्थानं प्रसाद्याथ मया प्रभुः । ब्रह्मलोकात्समानीतः साक्षाद्ब्रह्मा पितामहः
nārada uvāca | yadā me sthāpitaṃ sthānaṃ prasādyātha mayā prabhuḥ | brahmalokātsamānītaḥ sākṣādbrahmā pitāmahaḥ
Nārada thưa: “Khi chỗ ngự của ta đã được an lập, và Đức Chúa tể hoan hỷ ban ân, thì chính Phạm Thiên—Bậc Tổ Phụ (Pitāmaha)—được thỉnh từ Phạm Thiên giới (Brahmaloka) đến nơi này.”
Nārada
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha/Nārada-sthāna (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: Nārada narrates as a radiant Brahmā descends from a celestial realm to a newly established sacred seat; devas witness, and the landscape below—pond/well and shrine—glows with consecration light.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is confirmed by divine approval and the presence of cosmic authorities like Brahmā.
Koṭitīrtha is being introduced through Nārada’s account of its divine establishment.
None explicitly; the verse sets the narrative context for later instructions about bathing and worship.