Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततो गच्छेन्महाराज योजनेश्वरमुत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धौ पुरा कल्पे नरनारायणावृषी
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tato gacchenmahārāja yojaneśvaramuttamam | yatra siddhau purā kalpe naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच—ततः, हे महाराज, योजनेश्वरं नामोत्तमं तीर्थं गच्छेत्; यत्र पुरा कल्पे नरनारायणौ ऋषी सिद्धिं प्राप्तवन्तौ।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Yojaneśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (royal listener; likely Yudhiṣṭhira in tīrtha-yātrā setting)
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya instructs a king to proceed to Yojaneśvara; in the background, a tīrtha with a liṅga/īśvara shrine and ascetic aura; subtle vision of Nara–Nārāyaṇa in meditation.
FAQs
Pilgrimage to a sanctified tīrtha is praised as a direct support for attaining siddhi when the place is empowered by the tapas of great sages.
Yojaneśvara Tīrtha, celebrated within the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā region) of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.
A clear injunction to ‘go’ (gacchet) to the tīrtha; the verse frames the visit as spiritually efficacious due to prior siddhi attained there.