Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । नारदेन मुनिश्रेष्ठ कस्मात्तीर्थं विनिर्मितम् । एतदाख्याहि मे सर्वं प्रसन्नो यदि सत्तम
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | nāradena muniśreṣṭha kasmāttīrthaṃ vinirmitam | etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ prasanno yadi sattama
യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, നാരദൻ ഏതു കാരണത്താൽ ഈ തീർത്ഥം നിർമ്മിച്ചു? ഹേ സത്തമാ, നിങ്ങൾ പ്രസന്നനാകുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ സമസ്ത വൃത്താന്തവും എനിക്കു പറയുക.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Naradeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions Mārkaṇḍeya about why Nārada founded the tīrtha; a teaching posture with attentive listening.
FAQs
A sincere question to a realized authority is presented as the doorway to understanding tīrtha-māhātmya and dharma.
A tīrtha connected with Nārada in the Revā Khaṇḍa (on/near the Revā river) is being introduced; the precise name unfolds in the following verses.
None directly; the verse initiates an inquiry that will lead to the tīrtha’s merits and associated practices.