Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । केन कार्येण भो तात महादेवो जगद्गुरुः । गुहायामनयत्कालं सुदीर्घं द्विजसत्तम
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kena kāryeṇa bho tāta mahādevo jagadguruḥ | guhāyāmanayatkālaṃ sudīrghaṃ dvijasattama
យុធិស្ឋិរៈមានព្រះវាចា៖ សូមគោរពលោកឪពុកដ៏គួរគោរព តើដោយកិច្ចការអ្វី ព្រះមហាទេវៈ—គ្រូនៃលោក—បានស្នាក់នៅក្នុងរូងភ្នំយូរណាស់ ដោយសូមលោកទ្វិជសត្តម?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Guhāvāsī
Type: cave
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully before aged Mārkaṇḍeya in a forest-hermitage, asks why Mahādeva stayed long in a cave; the background hints at a distant mountain cave with a faint Śaiva aura.
FAQs
Sacred geography is anchored in sacred causality: pilgrims are invited to know the divine purpose behind a site’s holiness.
The cave-associated site implied by “Guhāvāsī” (introduced in the preceding verse).
None; it is an inquiry that initiates the māhātmya explanation.