Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथं तु देवखातं तत्संजातं द्विजसत्तम । सुराः सर्वे कथं तत्र मुमुचुर्वारि तीर्थजम् । सर्वं कथय मे विप्र श्रवणे लम्पटं मनः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ tu devakhātaṃ tatsaṃjātaṃ dvijasattama | surāḥ sarve kathaṃ tatra mumucurvāri tīrthajam | sarvaṃ kathaya me vipra śravaṇe lampaṭaṃ manaḥ
युधिष्ठिर म्हणाले—हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ! ते देवखात तीर्थ कसे उत्पन्न झाले? आणि सर्व देवांनी तेथे तीर्थोत्पन्न जल कसे सोडले? हे विप्र! सर्व मला सांगा; ऐकण्यात माझे मन अत्यंत आसक्त आहे।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Devakhāta
Type: kund
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvijasattama/vipra)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage (Mārkaṇḍeya), seated in an āśrama setting, eager to hear the full origin story of Devakhāta.
FAQs
A sincere desire to hear sacred history (tīrtha-māhātmya) is itself a dharmic virtue and a doorway to merit.
Devakhāta, introduced as a notable tīrtha within the Revākhaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā sacred landscape).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse sets up the narration about tīrtha-water and the site’s origin.