Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । हव्यवाहेन भगवन्नीश्वरः स्थापितः कथम् । एतदाख्याहि मे सर्वं प्रसादाद्वक्तुमर्हसि
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | havyavāhena bhagavannīśvaraḥ sthāpitaḥ katham | etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ prasādādvaktumarhasi
ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရက မေးလျှောက်သည်– အရှင်ဘဂဝန်၊ ဟဗျဝါဟန (အဂ္ဂနိ) က အရှင်ဣရှွရကို မည်သို့ ပရတိဋ္ဌာ (တည်ထောင်) ခဲ့ပါသနည်း။ ကျေးဇူးတော်ဖြင့် အရာအားလုံးကို ကျွန်ုပ်အား ရှင်းပြမိန့်ကြားပါ; ကရုဏာတော်ကြောင့် မိန့်ဆိုသင့်ပါသည်။
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Piṅgaleśvara (at Piṅgalāvarta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, hands folded, asks Mārkaṇḍeya about Agni installing the liṅga; the sage sits calmly with a rosary; behind them a riverbank shrine and a subtle flame motif indicating Havyavāhana.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry (praśna) is upheld as the doorway to tīrtha-knowledge and deeper faith in sacred narratives.
Piṅgaleśvara at Piṅgalāvarta is the subject, introduced through the question about its स्थापना (installation).
None directly; it frames the kathā (origin account) that legitimizes worship at the site.