Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । यमहास्यं कथं जातं पृथिव्यां द्विजपुंगव । एतत्सर्वं ममाख्याहि परं कौतूहलं हि मे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yamahāsyaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ dvijapuṃgava | etatsarvaṃ mamākhyāhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
Yudhiṣṭhira disse: «Ó mais eminente entre os duas-vezes-nascidos, como surgiu Yamahāsya na terra? Conta-me tudo isso, pois grande é a minha curiosidade».
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Yamahāsya
Type: ghat
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, earnest and composed, questions Mārkaṇḍeya about the birth of Yamahāsya; the setting suggests an āśrama near a river, with attentive silence before the tale begins.
FAQs
A sincere seeker asks for origins and meanings of sacred places, showing that curiosity guided by reverence supports right understanding (jñāna) and dharma.
Yamahāsya Tīrtha (as the subject of inquiry).
None; it is a question initiating the tīrtha’s origin narrative.