Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । यमहास्यं कथं जातं पृथिव्यां द्विजपुंगव । एतत्सर्वं ममाख्याहि परं कौतूहलं हि मे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yamahāsyaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ dvijapuṃgava | etatsarvaṃ mamākhyāhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദ്വിജപുംഗവാ! ഭൂമിയിൽ യമഹാസ്യം എങ്ങനെ ഉത്ഭവിച്ചു? ഇതെല്ലാം എനിക്ക് പറയുക; എന്റെ കൗതുകം അത്യന്തമാണ്.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Yamahāsya
Type: ghat
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, earnest and composed, questions Mārkaṇḍeya about the birth of Yamahāsya; the setting suggests an āśrama near a river, with attentive silence before the tale begins.
FAQs
A sincere seeker asks for origins and meanings of sacred places, showing that curiosity guided by reverence supports right understanding (jñāna) and dharma.
Yamahāsya Tīrtha (as the subject of inquiry).
None; it is a question initiating the tīrtha’s origin narrative.