Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथं सिद्धो द्विजश्रेष्ठ वासुदेवो जगद्गुरुः । मानुषं रूपमास्थाय लोकानां हितकाम्यया
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ siddho dvijaśreṣṭha vāsudevo jagadguruḥ | mānuṣaṃ rūpamāsthāya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
যুধিষ্ঠির বললেন—হে দ্বিজশ্রেষ্ঠ, জগদ্গুরু বাসুদেব লোকহিতকামনায় মানব রূপ ধারণ করে কীভাবে সিদ্ধ হলেন?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: मार्कण्डेय (द्विजश्रेष्ठ)
Scene: युधिष्ठिर सभा/आश्रम में विनीत भाव से प्रश्न करते हुए; सामने मार्कण्डेय ऋषि, पृष्ठभूमि में तीर्थ-यात्रा का संकेत (कमण्डलु, जटा, राजचिह्न)
FAQs
Divinity may adopt human form to guide society, protect dharma, and act for the welfare (loka-hita) of beings.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a question introducing the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative context.
None is stated here; the verse is an inquiry that frames the forthcoming account.