Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथं सिद्धिमनुप्राप्तः सोमो राजा जगत्पतिः । तत्सर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथयस्व ममानघ
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ siddhimanuprāptaḥ somo rājā jagatpatiḥ | tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mamānagha
Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: Wie erlangte König Soma, der Herr der Welt, jene Vollendung? Ich wünsche alles zu hören; erzähle es mir, o Makelloser.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Somatīrtha (Candrahāsa) (topic of inquiry)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as anagha; respondent-to-be)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, respectful and earnest, questions the sage Mārkaṇḍeya in an āśrama setting; the river-tīrtha is suggested in the background as the topic of inquiry.
FAQs
Dharma is advanced through sincere inquiry into sacred history and the causes of spiritual attainment.
Somatīrtha (Candrahāsa), as the site connected to Soma’s siddhi, becomes the focus of the requested narration.
None; it is a request to hear the full account (śravaṇa) of the tīrtha’s greatness.