Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । नारदेन मुनिश्रेष्ठ कस्मात्तीर्थं विनिर्मितम् । एतदाख्याहि मे सर्वं प्रसन्नो यदि सत्तम
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | nāradena muniśreṣṭha kasmāttīrthaṃ vinirmitam | etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ prasanno yadi sattama
युधिष्ठिर बोले—हे मुनिश्रेष्ठ, नारद ने यह तीर्थ किस कारण से बनाया? हे सत्तम, यदि आप प्रसन्न हों तो इसका समस्त वृत्तान्त मुझे कहिए।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Naradeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions Mārkaṇḍeya about why Nārada founded the tīrtha; a teaching posture with attentive listening.
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A sincere question to a realized authority is presented as the doorway to understanding tīrtha-māhātmya and dharma.
A tīrtha connected with Nārada in the Revā Khaṇḍa (on/near the Revā river) is being introduced; the precise name unfolds in the following verses.
None directly; the verse initiates an inquiry that will lead to the tīrtha’s merits and associated practices.
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