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
त्या वेळी त्याने फार प्रयत्न करून दुष्प्राप्य धनाची पुष्कळ विनंती केली. जर माझ्यावर तुमची कृपा असेल, तर हे सर्व मला सांगा।
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.