Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । जालेश्वरात्परं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । तस्योत्पत्तिं कथयतः शृणु त्वं पाण्डुनन्दन
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | jāleśvarātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati | tasyotpattiṃ kathayataḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ pāṇḍunandana
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Nul tīrtha plus élevé que Jāleśvara n’a existé, et jamais n’existera. Écoute, ô fils de Pāṇḍu, tandis que j’en raconte l’origine.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Jāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (Pāṇḍava prince)
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya, radiant and composed, addresses a Pāṇḍava prince in an āśrama setting, proclaiming Jāleśvara as the supreme tīrtha and inviting attentive listening to its origin.
FAQs
The Purāṇas exalt certain sites as uniquely potent, and they ground that claim in an origin narrative meant to inspire faith and practice.
Jāleśvara is declared incomparable among tīrthas.
None in this verse; it introduces the forthcoming account of the tīrtha’s origin.