Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कोऽयं श्रियः पतिर्देवो देवानामधिपो विभुः । कथं जन्माभवत्तस्य देवेषु त्रिषु वा मुने
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ko'yaṃ śriyaḥ patirdevo devānāmadhipo vibhuḥ | kathaṃ janmābhavattasya deveṣu triṣu vā mune
যুধিষ্ঠিৰ ক’লে: “শ্ৰীৰ পতি এই দেৱ কোন—দেৱসকলৰ অধিপতি, সৰ্বব্যাপী প্ৰভু? আৰু হে মুনি, তেওঁৰ জন্ম কেনেকৈ হ’ল—দেৱতাৰ তিন শ্ৰেণীত নে অন্য কোনো প্ৰকাৰে?”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Devatīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions Mārkaṇḍeya about Śrīpati’s identity and 'birth'; the background hints at a riverbank tīrtha and a distant Viṣṇu shrine, linking theology to place.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry into the nature of the deity is treated as a legitimate path to understanding dharma and sacred history.
This verse is part of the narrative frame leading into Devatīrtha–Śrīpati māhātmya; no site is directly praised in this question.
None; it is a theological question initiating exposition.