Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । तत्र स्थितानि तीर्थानि ब्रह्माणमिदमब्रुवन्
etacchrutvā tato vākyaṃ brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ | tatra sthitāni tīrthāni brahmāṇamidamabruvan
诸圣渡处听闻梵天（Brahmā）那源起不显的言辞，便在彼处对梵天如此说道。
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.