युधिष्ठिर उवाच । जालेश्वरेऽपि यत्प्रोक्तं त्वया पूर्वं द्विजोत्तम । तत्कथं तु भवेत्पुण्यमृषिसिद्धनिषेवितम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | jāleśvare'pi yatproktaṃ tvayā pūrvaṃ dvijottama | tatkathaṃ tu bhavetpuṇyamṛṣisiddhaniṣevitam
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: Wahai yang terbaik antara golongan dwija, tentang Jāleśvara yang telah engkau nyatakan dahulu, bagaimanakah terbitnya pahala suci itu—tīrtha yang diziarahi para ṛṣi dan siddha?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Jāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dwijottama (contextually Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya as the responding sage in this narrative frame)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage (dwijottama) about Jāleśvara; behind them, a forested hermitage atmosphere with subtle siddha silhouettes and a distant Śiva-liṅga shrine.
A seeker should inquire into the origin and sanctity of holy places, not merely their promised results.
Jāleśvara, introduced as a tīrtha frequented by ṛṣis and siddhas.
None; it is a question initiating the tīrtha’s origin narrative.