Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
ऋषय ऊचुः । कुतः परशुरामेण भंक्त्वा निजकुठारकम् । निर्मिता लोहयष्टिः सा तत्रोत्सृष्टा च सा कुतः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kutaḥ paraśurāmeṇa bhaṃktvā nijakuṭhārakam | nirmitā lohayaṣṭiḥ sā tatrotsṛṣṭā ca sā kutaḥ
Các hiền triết thưa: Vì duyên cớ gì Paraśurāma, sau khi bẻ gãy chiếc rìu của mình, lại tạo tác cây gậy sắt ấy? Và vì lý do nào ngài đã bỏ lại nó tại nơi đó?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Lohayaṣṭi (origin inquiry)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: A circle of sages respectfully question Sūta about Paraśurāma’s broken axe and the forging/abandoning of the iron staff at the site.
FAQs
Māhātmya narratives often explain how a tīrtha receives sanctity through a saintly act or renunciation; the sages seek the ethical cause behind the act.
The tīrtha “there” is the one being described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya, Adhyāya 94; its explicit name is supplied by the subsequent narration.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the legend behind the site’s sanctity.