Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
एष तत्सम्भवस्तात दारुतीर्थस्य सुव्रत । कथितोऽयं मया पूर्वं यथा मे शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्
eṣa tatsambhavastāta dārutīrthasya suvrata | kathito'yaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ yathā me śaṅkaro'bravīt
Wahai anakku, wahai yang teguh dalam laku suci, inilah asal-usul Dārutīrtha; telah kukisahkan dahulu, persis sebagaimana Śaṅkara pernah menuturkannya kepadaku.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Dārutīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as ‘tāta’, ‘suvrata’ in narrative register)
Scene: A sage addresses a disciplined listener (‘suvrata’), recounting the origin of Dārutīrtha, with Śaṅkara’s presence implied as a prior teacher in the lineage.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is preserved through authoritative transmission—saints recount what the Lord himself revealed.
Dārutīrtha is explicitly named and its origin is being concluded.
None in this verse; it serves as a narrative seal on the tīrtha’s origin.