Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2
कस्य पुत्री च सा कद्रूः सपत्नीसा च कस्य वै । किमर्थमजयत्कद्रूः स्वसपत्नीं छलेन तु । एतन्नः श्रद्दधानानां ब्रूहि सूत कृपानिधे
kasya putrī ca sā kadrūḥ sapatnīsā ca kasya vai | kimarthamajayatkadrūḥ svasapatnīṃ chalena tu | etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ brūhi sūta kṛpānidhe
Kadrū itu anak perempuan siapa, dan isteri sekedudukan kepada siapa? Atas sebab apa Kadrū menewaskan isteri sekedudukannya dengan tipu daya? Wahai Sūta, khazanah belas ihsan, jelaskanlah kepada kami yang mendengar dengan penuh śraddhā.
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Kṣīrakuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages lean forward, enumerating questions—daughter of whom, co-wife of whom, why deceit—while Sūta sits calm, compassionate; the scene feels like a courtroom of dharma in an āśrama.
FAQs
Purāṇic narratives ground tīrtha-glory in ethical history, showing how motives and actions shape outcomes.
Kṣīrakuṇḍa remains the context, as the sages inquire about liberation through its immersion.
No new rite is prescribed here; it requests the background story explaining the tīrtha-related result.