Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
अत्याश्चर्यमिदं तत्त्वं त्वयोक्तं वदता सता । यथा मे जायते श्रद्धा दीर्घायुस्त्वं तथा वद
atyāścaryamidaṃ tattvaṃ tvayoktaṃ vadatā satā | yathā me jāyate śraddhā dīrghāyustvaṃ tathā vada
Wahai muni yang berkata benar, hakikat yang engkau ucapkan sungguh menakjubkan. Wahai yang panjang usia, jelaskanlah demikian rupa agar śraddhā—keyakinan suci—tumbuh dalam diriku.
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: The listener expresses wonder and requests an explanation that will generate firm faith; the sage is addressed as truthful and long-lived.
FAQs
Dharma is to be received with śraddhā; the listener seeks a reasoned, narrative grounding for extraordinary claims of merit.
Implicitly the Daśāśvamedhika Tīrtha whose promised fruits prompted the question.
None; it is a request for clarification to strengthen faith.