Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । किं तद्रक्षो द्विजश्रेष्ठ किंनाम कस्य वान्वये । एतद्विस्तरतः सर्वं कथयस्व ममानघ
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kiṃ tadrakṣo dvijaśreṣṭha kiṃnāma kasya vānvaye | etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai brahmana termulia, siapakah rākṣasa itu—apakah namanya dan daripada keturunan mana? Wahai yang suci tanpa dosa, ceritakanlah semuanya kepadaku dengan terperinci.”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, addresses a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage, asking about the rākṣasa’s name and lineage; the setting suggests a forest-hermitage near a sacred river.
FAQs
Dharmic inquiry—asking precisely about names, lineage, and causes—prepares the listener to grasp the moral and tīrtha-glory of the narrative.
Indirectly, Aṅkūreśvara Tīrtha (the question follows the description of that place).
None; this verse is a narrative question initiating the detailed account.