Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 2
दुष्प्राप्यमर्थं यत्नेन बहु प्रार्थितवांस्तदा । एतत्सर्वं च कथय मयि यद्यस्ति ते कृपा
duṣprāpyamarthaṃ yatnena bahu prārthitavāṃstadā | etatsarvaṃ ca kathaya mayi yadyasti te kṛpā
അപ്പോൾ അവൻ വലിയ പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ ദുഷ്പ്രാപ്യമായ ധനം ഏറെ അപേക്ഷിച്ചു. എനിക്കു മേൽ നിങ്ങളുടെ കൃപ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ, ഇതെല്ലാം എനിക്ക് പറയുക।
Vyāsa (continues his inquiry)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā (frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Vyāsa, earnest and slightly troubled, requests the full story, invoking Agastya’s compassion; the ashram setting emphasizes humility and the gravity of ‘duṣprāpya artha’.
FAQs
Humility and earnest questioning invite complete instruction; compassion in teaching is a sacred duty.
Ayodhyā Māhātmya is the setting, but the verse itself does not praise a specific tirtha.
None; it is a request for narration of events concerning difficult-to-obtain wealth and effort.