Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
। सूत उवाच । तथा तत्रास्ति विख्यातं रामह्रद इति स्मृतम् । यत्र ते पितरस्तेन रुधिरेण प्रतर्पिताः
| sūta uvāca | tathā tatrāsti vikhyātaṃ rāmahrada iti smṛtam | yatra te pitarastena rudhireṇa pratarpitāḥ
Sūta nói: Lại nữa, tại đó có một hồ nổi danh, được ghi nhớ là Rāmahrada, nơi các Pitṛ (tổ tiên) đã được thỏa mãn nhờ lễ hiến dâng bằng máu ấy.
Sūta
Tirtha: Rāmahrada
Type: kund
Listener: Ṛṣis (sages)
Scene: A tranquil pool named Rāmahrada, ringed by trees and stone steps; the narrator points it out while recounting an ancient episode where pitṛs were appeased by a blood-offering, hinting at a dramatic past beneath the serene surface.
FAQs
Tīrthas preserve sacred memory: a place-name (Rāmahrada) encodes an ancestral rite and its extraordinary legend.
Rāmahrada, a famed sacred pool (hrada) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha landscape.
The verse alludes to pitṛ-tarpaṇa (satisfying the ancestors), introducing a narrative about an unusual offering.
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