Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । विंध्योन्नतिहृदाख्यामि धर्मतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । आकर्णय महाप्राज्ञ यथा देवेन भाषितम्
skaṃda uvāca | viṃdhyonnatihṛdākhyāmi dharmatīrthasamudbhavam | ākarṇaya mahāprājña yathā devena bhāṣitam
スカンダは言った。「大いなる賢者よ、聞け。『ヴィンディヨーンナティ・フリド』と呼ばれる説話に従い、主が語られたとおりに、ダルマティールタの起源を語ろう。」
Skanda
Tirtha: Dharmatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda begins narration, right hand raised in teaching mudrā; Agastya leans forward listening. A faint cartographic suggestion: a river bend/pond labeled Dharmatīrtha, and distant Vindhya hills to hint at ‘Vindhyonnati’.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya is preserved through faithful transmission of divine teaching within guru-disciple dialogue.
Dharmatīrtha—its origin and sanctity—becomes the focus of the chapter.
No ritual instruction yet; the verse begins the narrative framework for the tīrtha’s greatness.