Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
कथं वा संस्थितागत्य कपिला सा द्विजोत्तम । तीर्थे वा ह्यूषरे क्षेत्र एतन्मे कथय द्विज
kathaṃ vā saṃsthitāgatya kapilā sā dvijottama | tīrthe vā hyūṣare kṣetra etanme kathaya dvija
হে দ্বিজোত্তম! সেই কপিলা এখানে এসে কীভাবে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হল—এই তীর্থে, না এই পবিত্র ক্ষেত্রে? হে ব্রাহ্মণ, আমাকে বলুন।
Unspecified (listener/questioner addressing a brāhmaṇa; context continues with Mārkaṇḍeya speaking)
Tirtha: Kapilā (as a sacred presence/site-identity in context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvijottama)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira presses the sage: how did Kapilā arrive and become established—at the ford (tīrtha) or in the holy field (kṣetra)?
FAQs
Reverence begins with inquiry: asking about a tīrtha’s origin prepares the mind to receive its māhātmya and practice dharma accordingly.
Kapilā-tīrtha (its establishment is being asked about), within the Revā Khaṇḍa context connected to the Narmadā.
None explicitly here; it is a question introducing the tīrtha’s origin and sanctity.