Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः । भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैस्तथान्यैर्द्विजसत्तमैः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaistathānyairdvijasattamaiḥ
युधिष्ठिर बोले—मैं उस तीर्थ का यथार्थ माहात्म्य विस्तार से सुनना चाहता हूँ, अपने सभी भाइयों सहित तथा अन्य श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणों के साथ।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira seated respectfully with the Pāṇḍavas and assembled brāhmaṇa-sages, requesting the full truth of the tīrtha’s greatness from Mārkaṇḍeya.
FAQs
Approaching tīrtha-glories with sincere inquiry and in the company of the righteous is itself a dhārmic act.
Śukla-tīrtha is the subject being requested for detailed glorification.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames a listening (śravaṇa) context for receiving the tīrtha-māhātmya.
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