Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 2
दुष्प्राप्यमर्थं यत्नेन बहु प्रार्थितवांस्तदा । एतत्सर्वं च कथय मयि यद्यस्ति ते कृपा
duṣprāpyamarthaṃ yatnena bahu prārthitavāṃstadā | etatsarvaṃ ca kathaya mayi yadyasti te kṛpā
তখন তিনি বহু চেষ্টা করে দুষ্প্রাপ্য ধন অত্যন্ত প্রার্থনা করেছিলেন। যদি আমার প্রতি আপনার কৃপা থাকে, তবে এ সবই আমাকে বলুন।
Vyāsa (continues his inquiry)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Vyāsa, earnest and slightly troubled, requests the full story, invoking Agastya’s compassion; the ashram setting emphasizes humility and the gravity of ‘duṣprāpya artha’.
FAQs
Humility and earnest questioning invite complete instruction; compassion in teaching is a sacred duty.
Ayodhyā Māhātmya is the setting, but the verse itself does not praise a specific tirtha.
None; it is a request for narration of events concerning difficult-to-obtain wealth and effort.