Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
जनमेजय उवाच । द्वैपायनप्रसादेन ज्ञानवानसि मे मतः । वैशंपायन तस्मात्त्वां पृच्छामि ऋषिसन्निधौ
janamejaya uvāca | dvaipāyanaprasādena jñānavānasi me mataḥ | vaiśaṃpāyana tasmāttvāṃ pṛcchāmi ṛṣisannidhau
Janamejaya disse: «Pela graça de Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa), considero-te dotado de verdadeiro conhecimento. Por isso, ó Vaiśaṃpāyana, interrogo-te aqui, na presença dos ṛṣis».
Janamejaya
Tirtha: Revā (contextual)
Listener: Janamejaya
Scene: Janamejaya, hands folded, addresses Vaiśaṃpāyana with reverence, acknowledging Vyāsa’s grace; sages sit around as witnesses; the atmosphere is disciplined and luminous.
FAQs
Knowledge is received through lineage and grace (prasāda), and inquiry should be made respectfully before the wise.
No single site is named; the verse establishes the authority of the narrator for the forthcoming Revā tīrtha account.
It implies the dharmic protocol of questioning in a sacred assembly, especially in a yajña context.