Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सावित्री च कथं जाता तां ज्ञात्वा यज्ञमण्डपे । पत्नीशालां प्रविष्टां च सर्वं नो विस्तराद्वद
sāvitrī ca kathaṃ jātā tāṃ jñātvā yajñamaṇḍape | patnīśālāṃ praviṣṭāṃ ca sarvaṃ no vistarādvada
आणि सावित्रीचा यात कसा संबंध आला? यज्ञमंडपात जे घडले ते जाणून ती पत्नीशाळेत कशी प्रविष्ट झाली—हे सर्व आम्हांस सविस्तर सांग।
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Tirtha: Brahma-yajña maṇḍapa locus (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages lean forward, asking for a full account; behind them, the yajña pavilion is shown with a side chamber labeled patnīśālā, its doorway about to be crossed by Sāvitrī.
FAQs
Scriptural inquiry (praśna) is presented as a dharmic act—seeking clarity to understand sacred history and ritual propriety.
No specific tīrtha is named in this request-verse; it functions as a lead-in within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None directly; it references the yajña-maṇḍapa and patnīśālā as ritual spaces.