Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
एष तत्सम्भवस्तात दारुतीर्थस्य सुव्रत । कथितोऽयं मया पूर्वं यथा मे शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्
eṣa tatsambhavastāta dārutīrthasya suvrata | kathito'yaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ yathā me śaṅkaro'bravīt
ഹേ താത, ഹേ സുവ്രത! ഇതുതന്നെയാണ് ദാരുതീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവകഥ; ശങ്കരൻ എനിക്കു പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ ഞാൻ മുമ്പേ വിവരിച്ചു।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Dārutīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as ‘tāta’, ‘suvrata’ in narrative register)
Scene: A sage addresses a disciplined listener (‘suvrata’), recounting the origin of Dārutīrtha, with Śaṅkara’s presence implied as a prior teacher in the lineage.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is preserved through authoritative transmission—saints recount what the Lord himself revealed.
Dārutīrtha is explicitly named and its origin is being concluded.
None in this verse; it serves as a narrative seal on the tīrtha’s origin.