Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । योऽसौ सिद्धो महाभाग तत्र तीर्थे महातपाः । कस्य पुत्रः कथं सिद्धः कस्मिन्काले वद द्विज
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yo'sau siddho mahābhāga tatra tīrthe mahātapāḥ | kasya putraḥ kathaṃ siddhaḥ kasminkāle vada dvija
قال يودهيشثيرا: «يا عظيم الحظّ، ذلك الناسك الجليل الذي صار سِدّها في ذلك التيرثا—ابنُ مَن كان؟ وبأيّ سبيل نال الكمال، وفي أيّ زمان وقع ذلك؟ أخبرني، أيها البرهمن.»
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Karañjeśvara-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, attentive and earnest, asks Mārkaṇḍeya about the siddha at the tīrtha—his parentage, method, and era; the scene is intimate: a forest hermitage with the river-route implied.
FAQs
True spiritual authority is traced to tapas and dharma, so the listener first seeks the saint’s lineage, method, and time to understand the path to siddhi.
A tirtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa (the Narmadā sacred geography) is indicated; the exact named site is clarified in the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 40.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse introduces inquiry into the tapas (austerity) by which siddhi was attained.