Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
ऋषय ऊचुः । धुंधुमारो महीपालः कस्मिन्वंशे बभूव सः । कस्मिन्काले तपस्तप्तं तेनात्र सुमहात्मना
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | dhuṃdhumāro mahīpālaḥ kasminvaṃśe babhūva saḥ | kasminkāle tapastaptaṃ tenātra sumahātmanā
ഋഷികൾ പറഞ്ഞു—ധുന്ധുമാരൻ എന്ന മഹീപാലൻ ഏത് വംശത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചു? ഏത് കാലത്ത് ആ മഹാത്മാവ് ഇവിടെ തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A forest hermitage assembly: seated sages with matted hair and bark garments question the narrator about King Dhundhumāra’s lineage and the time of his austerities at the sacred place.
FAQs
Pilgrimage traditions preserve sacred history: knowing the lineage and time of a devotee-king contextualizes the power of a holy place.
The inquiry concerns the origin story of the Dhundhumāreśvara kṣetra described in Adhyāya 38.
None directly; it is a narrative prompt asking about the king’s tapas and historical setting.