Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कोऽसौ द्विजवरश्रेष्ठः सिद्धस्तत्र महामुने । दारुकेति सुतः कस्य एतन्मे वक्तुमर्हसि
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ko'sau dvijavaraśreṣṭhaḥ siddhastatra mahāmune | dāruketi sutaḥ kasya etanme vaktumarhasi
യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ മഹാമുനേ, അവിടെ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ച ആ ദ്വിജവരശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ ആരാണ്? ‘ദാരുകൻ’ ആരുടെ പുത്രൻ? ദയവായി എനിക്ക് പറയുക।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Dāru-tīrtha (context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions Mārkaṇḍeya; behind them the Narmadā flows, indicating the setting of the tīrtha discourse; the mood is attentive and contemplative.
FAQs
In tīrtha-māhātmya narratives, spiritual authority is often established through the life-story and lineage of the realized practitioner.
Dāru-tīrtha on the Narmadā’s northern bank (introduced in the preceding verse).
None; the verse is an inquiry that sets up the tīrtha’s glorification through a saint’s biography.