Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
ऋषिसङ्घैः कृतातिथ्यो दण्डके न्यवसं चिरम् । उषित्वा सुचिरं कालं वर्षाणामयुतं सुखी
ṛṣisaṅghaiḥ kṛtātithyo daṇḍake nyavasaṃ ciram | uṣitvā suciraṃ kālaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sukhī
Honoré comme hôte par des assemblées de ṛṣis, je demeurai longtemps dans la forêt de Daṇḍaka ; et y ayant séjourné très longtemps—dix mille ans—je restai paisible et comblé.
Markaṇḍeya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya in Daṇḍaka, welcomed by assemblies of sages; a tranquil forest āśrama with kuśa seats, sacrificial fires, and years passing symbolically (ten-thousand-year span).
FAQs
Association with sages and sustained spiritual life sanctify a region and prepare the ground for tīrtha greatness.
Daṇḍaka is named as the sacred setting from which the Narmadā tīrtha narrative proceeds.
No explicit rite; the verse emphasizes ṛṣi-saṅga (company of sages) and long-term spiritual residence.