Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । नारदेन मुनिश्रेष्ठ कस्मात्तीर्थं विनिर्मितम् । एतदाख्याहि मे सर्वं प्रसन्नो यदि सत्तम
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | nāradena muniśreṣṭha kasmāttīrthaṃ vinirmitam | etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ prasanno yadi sattama
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai ṛṣi yang paling utama, atas sebab apakah Nārada mendirikan tīrtha ini? Wahai yang terbaik, jika tuan berkenan, ceritakanlah kepadaku seluruh kisahnya.”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Naradeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully questions Mārkaṇḍeya about why Nārada founded the tīrtha; a teaching posture with attentive listening.
FAQs
A sincere question to a realized authority is presented as the doorway to understanding tīrtha-māhātmya and dharma.
A tīrtha connected with Nārada in the Revā Khaṇḍa (on/near the Revā river) is being introduced; the precise name unfolds in the following verses.
None directly; the verse initiates an inquiry that will lead to the tīrtha’s merits and associated practices.