Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथं तु देवखातं तत्संजातं द्विजसत्तम । सुराः सर्वे कथं तत्र मुमुचुर्वारि तीर्थजम् । सर्वं कथय मे विप्र श्रवणे लम्पटं मनः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ tu devakhātaṃ tatsaṃjātaṃ dvijasattama | surāḥ sarve kathaṃ tatra mumucurvāri tīrthajam | sarvaṃ kathaya me vipra śravaṇe lampaṭaṃ manaḥ
قال يودهيشتيرا: «يا أفضلَ ذوي الولادتين، كيف نشأ ذلك الموضع المقدّس المسمّى ديفاخاتا؟ وكيف صبَّت جميعُ الآلهة هناك الماءَ المنبثق من التيـرثات؟ حدّثني بكل شيء، أيها البرهمن؛ فإن قلبي مولعٌ بالسماع ومُنغمسٌ فيه.»
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Devakhāta
Type: kund
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvijasattama/vipra)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage (Mārkaṇḍeya), seated in an āśrama setting, eager to hear the full origin story of Devakhāta.
FAQs
A sincere desire to hear sacred history (tīrtha-māhātmya) is itself a dharmic virtue and a doorway to merit.
Devakhāta, introduced as a notable tīrtha within the Revākhaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse sets up the narration about tīrtha-water and the site’s origin.