Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र आनन्देश्वरमुत्तमम् । तत्तीर्थं कथयिष्यामि सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchettu rājendra ānandeśvaramuttamam | tattīrthaṃ kathayiṣyāmi sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram
শ্রীমার্কণ্ডেয় বললেন—তদনন্তর, হে রাজেন্দ্র, উত্তম আনন্দেশ্বরে গমন করা উচিত। সেই তীর্থের কথা আমি বলব, যা সকল পাপের ক্ষয় সাধন করে।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Ānandeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as rājendra)
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on proceeding to the ‘excellent Ānandeśvara’ tīrtha; a riverine landscape suggests Revā/Narmadā, with a Śiva shrine near the bank and pilgrims preparing for darśana.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to a sanctified Śaiva site is presented as a dharmic means for inner purification and the removal of sin.
Ānandeśvara Tīrtha.
A directive to go (yātrā) to Ānandeśvara; further rites are implied to be described subsequently.