Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
युधिष्ठिरो महाराज धर्मपुत्रो नृपोत्तमः । कृष्णेन सह राजेंद्र पितामहमपृच्छत
yudhiṣṭhiro mahārāja dharmaputro nṛpottamaḥ | kṛṣṇena saha rājeṃdra pitāmahamapṛcchata
Le roi Yudhiṣṭhira—grand monarque, fils du Dharma et le meilleur des souverains—avec Kṛṣṇa, ô seigneur des rois, interrogea le vénérable aïeul (Bhīṣma).
Narrator (contextual; transition into Yudhiṣṭhira’s question)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, approaches and questions Bhīṣma the grandsire—an iconic dharma-sabha moment, poised before a long didactic exposition.
FAQs
A sincere inquiry into Dharma, guided by saints and elders, is presented as the doorway to understanding karma and its results.
This verse functions as a narrative bridge; the specific tīrtha focus is not named within this line.
No ritual act is prescribed here; it introduces a dharmic question-answer sequence.
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