Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले इन्द्रतीर्थं कथं भवेत् । श्रोतुमिच्छामि विप्रेन्द्र ह्यादिमध्यान्तविस्तरैः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | narmadādakṣiṇe kūle indratīrthaṃ kathaṃ bhavet | śrotumicchāmi viprendra hyādimadhyāntavistaraiḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Wie kam es, dass Indratīrtha am südlichen Ufer der Narmadā entstand? O Bester der Brahmanen, ich wünsche es in voller Ausführlichkeit zu hören — vom Anfang, durch die Mitte, bis zum Ende.“
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Indratīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (respondent)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, composed and earnest, asks Mārkaṇḍeya about the origin of Indratīrtha; the river is present as a quiet witness, with the south bank indicated by orientation cues (sun path, bank vegetation, ghāṭa steps).
FAQs
Pilgrimage sites are validated through sacred origin narratives, which transmit dharma by explaining how a place becomes a tīrtha.
Indratīrtha on the Narmadā’s southern bank, whose origin story is requested.
None directly; the verse is a narrative prompt requesting the full tīrtha-māhātmya account.