Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
सम्बन्धी च कथं जातो भृगुणा सह केशवः । एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रह्मन् वक्तुमर्हसि भार्गव
sambandhī ca kathaṃ jāto bhṛguṇā saha keśavaḥ | etadvistarato brahman vaktumarhasi bhārgava
«Et comment Keśava devint-il apparenté à Bhṛgu ? Expose-le en détail, ô vénérable brahmane, ô Bhārgava.»
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Devatīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed with honorifics including Bhārgava)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, hands folded, earnestly asks the Bhārgava sage for a detailed account of Keśava’s relation to Bhṛgu; the sage prepares to narrate, with a manuscript or rosary in hand.
FAQs
Purāṇas encourage patient listening to sacred history, where relationships and lineages illuminate divine activity in the world.
No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it serves the narrative setup for the Devatīrtha–Śrīpati account.
None; it is a request for detailed narration.