Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कोऽयं श्रियः पतिर्देवो देवानामधिपो विभुः । कथं जन्माभवत्तस्य देवेषु त्रिषु वा मुने
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ko'yaṃ śriyaḥ patirdevo devānāmadhipo vibhuḥ | kathaṃ janmābhavattasya deveṣu triṣu vā mune
युधिष्ठिर म्हणाले—हा श्रीपती देव कोण आहे, जो देवांचा अधिपती व सर्वव्यापी आहे? मुने! त्याचा जन्म कसा झाला—देवांच्या तीन वर्गांत की अन्यथा?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Devatīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions Mārkaṇḍeya about Śrīpati’s identity and 'birth'; the background hints at a riverbank tīrtha and a distant Viṣṇu shrine, linking theology to place.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry into the nature of the deity is treated as a legitimate path to understanding dharma and sacred history.
This verse is part of the narrative frame leading into Devatīrtha–Śrīpati māhātmya; no site is directly praised in this question.
None; it is a theological question initiating exposition.