Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । विंध्योन्नतिहृदाख्यामि धर्मतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । आकर्णय महाप्राज्ञ यथा देवेन भाषितम्
skaṃda uvāca | viṃdhyonnatihṛdākhyāmi dharmatīrthasamudbhavam | ākarṇaya mahāprājña yathā devena bhāṣitam
ಸ್ಕಂದನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಾಜ್ಞ, ಕೇಳು. ‘ವಿಂಧ್ಯೋನ್ನತಿ-ಹೃದ್’ ಎಂಬ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದಂತೆ, ದೇವನು ಹೇಳಿದ ಪ್ರಕಾರವೇ ಧರ್ಮತೀರ್ಥದ ಉದ್ಭವವನ್ನು ನಾನು ವಿವರಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ।
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.