Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । विंध्योन्नतिहृदाख्यामि धर्मतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । आकर्णय महाप्राज्ञ यथा देवेन भाषितम्
skaṃda uvāca | viṃdhyonnatihṛdākhyāmi dharmatīrthasamudbhavam | ākarṇaya mahāprājña yathā devena bhāṣitam
ស្កន្ទៈបាននិយាយថា៖ ឱ មហាប្រាជ្ញ សូមស្តាប់។ ខ្ញុំនឹងរៀបរាប់កំណើតនៃធម្មតីរថៈ តាមបរិយាយដែលហៅថា ‘វិន្ធ្យោន្នតិ-ហ្រឹទ’ ដូចដែលព្រះអម្ចាស់បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលពិតប្រាកដ។
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.