Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच । पुरा कृतयुगे राजन्मानसो ब्रह्मणः सुतः । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञो मरीचिर्नाम नामतः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | purā kṛtayuge rājanmānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ | vedavedāṅgatattvajño marīcirnāma nāmataḥ
മാർക്കണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ രാജൻ, പുരാതന കൃതയുഗത്തിൽ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ മാനസപുത്രനും, വേദവും വേദാംഗങ്ങളും സംബന്ധിച്ച തത്ത്വജ്ഞനുമായ ‘മരീചി’ എന്ന മഹർഷി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Karañjeśvara (legendary frame begins)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya narrates the Kṛta-yuga origin: Brahmā seated on a lotus, emanating the mind-born sage Marīci—radiant, ascetic, and learned—surrounded by subtle symbols of Vedas and Vedāṅgas.
FAQs
Pilgrimage narratives are grounded in rishi-lineages: Vedic realization and purity of origin (mānasa lineage) authenticate the sanctity of later accounts.
The verse sets up the lineage behind a Revā-region tirtha narrative; the explicit site is developed later in the chapter.
None; it establishes the authoritative speaker-context through Vedic and Vedāṅga mastery.