Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । कस्मिन्स्थाने स्थितं तीर्थमुत्पत्तिस्तस्य कीदृशी । कथं स वेनराजो वा उद्धृतः पापयोनितः
devyuvāca | kasminsthāne sthitaṃ tīrthamutpattistasya kīdṛśī | kathaṃ sa venarājo vā uddhṛtaḥ pāpayonitaḥ
La Déesse dit : En quel lieu se trouve ce tīrtha, et quelle est la nature de son origine ? Et comment le roi Vena fut-il délivré d’un sein mauvais, d’une naissance déchue ?
Mahādevī (Pārvatī) (as “Devyuvāca”)
Tirtha: Goṣpada Tīrtha (subject of inquiry)
Type: kund
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, attentive and inquisitive, asks Śiva about the tīrtha’s location and origin; the background hints at a map-like sacred landscape—kunda, shrine, and path markers—inviting the forthcoming narrative.
FAQs
Inquiry into tīrtha origin and ritual method is itself dharmic; right understanding supports right practice.
Goṣpada tīrtha, whose location and origin the Goddess asks to hear.
No prescription here; it introduces questions about the tīrtha’s origin and the śrāddha-based upliftment.