Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
इन्द्र उवाच । मामुह्रदमिति ख्यातं तीर्थमेतद्भविष्यति । वरिष्ठं नात्र सन्देहो मत्प्रसादाद्विजोत्तम
indra uvāca | māmuhradamiti khyātaṃ tīrthametadbhaviṣyati | variṣṭhaṃ nātra sandeho matprasādādvijottama
因陀罗说道：“此圣地渡口（tīrtha）将来必名为‘摩母呼罗陀’（Māmuhrada）。凭我恩佑，它必为最上——毫无疑虑——噢，最胜婆罗门。”
Indra
Tirtha: Māmuhrada
Type: kund
Listener: Dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa; within Pulastya’s narration)
Scene: Indra, radiant and regal, proclaims the future fame of the tīrtha ‘Māmuhrada’ before a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage; a calm water-body and wooded Arbuda landscape frame the moment of consecratory speech.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is affirmed through divine sanction and dharmic narrative, encouraging pilgrimage rooted in faith and right conduct.
Māmuhrada Tīrtha, explicitly named and proclaimed as foremost.
While this verse chiefly proclaims the tīrtha’s status, the surrounding context links the place with pitṛ-benefiting rites such as piṇḍadāna.