Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । तत्र स्थितानि तीर्थानि ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रुवन्
etacchrutvā tato vākyaṃ brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ | tatra sthitāni tīrthāni brahmāṇamidamabruvan
Nghe lời ấy của Phạm Thiên (Brahmā), đấng có nguồn gốc vô hiển, các tīrtha đang hiện diện nơi đó liền thưa với Phạm Thiên như sau.
Narrator (contextual: Pulastya continuing the account)
Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)
Type: peak
Scene: A mythic assembly where personified tīrthas—radiant, river-like and shrine-bearing—address Brahmā after hearing his decree; the landscape hints at a sacred mountain horizon.
FAQs
Even sacred institutions seek divine guidance in times of decline, emphasizing dependence on higher dharma and divine order.
The collective of tīrthas is introduced; the passage moves toward Arbuda as their enduring abode.
None; it transitions into a question-and-answer about where tīrthas should reside.