Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः । भ्रातृभिः सहितः सर्वैस्तथान्यैर्द्विजसत्तमैः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaistathānyairdvijasattamaiḥ
யுதிஷ்டிரன் கூறினான்—அத்தீர்த்தத்தின் உண்மையான மஹாத்மியத்தை முழுமையாகக் கேட்க விரும்புகிறேன்; என் சகோதரர்கள் அனைவருடனும், பிற உயர்ந்த பிராமணர்களுடனும் சேர்ந்து।
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Śukla-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira seated respectfully with the Pāṇḍavas and assembled brāhmaṇa-sages, requesting the full truth of the tīrtha’s greatness from Mārkaṇḍeya.
FAQs
Approaching tīrtha-glories with sincere inquiry and in the company of the righteous is itself a dhārmic act.
Śukla-tīrtha is the subject being requested for detailed glorification.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames a listening (śravaṇa) context for receiving the tīrtha-māhātmya.