Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । साधु साधु महाबाहो सोमवंशविभूषण । गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं तीर्थं नाख्यातं कस्यचिन्मया
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | sādhu sādhu mahābāho somavaṃśavibhūṣaṇa | guhyādguhyataraṃ tīrthaṃ nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā
ஸ்ரீ மார்கண்டேயர் கூறினார்— நன்று, நன்று, ஓ மகாபாஹோ, சோமவம்சத்தின் அலங்காரமே! இந்தத் தீர்த்தம் ரகசியத்திலும் மிக ரகசியம்; இதை நான் எவரிடமும் வெளிப்படுத்தவில்லை.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Somavaṃśa-vibhūṣaṇa (a lunar-dynasty prince/hero; specific name not in verse)
Scene: An aged sage Mārkaṇḍeya, serene and radiant, praises a lunar-dynasty hero and prepares to reveal a hidden Revā tīrtha; a riverbank hermitage with ascetics and flowing Narmadā in the background.
FAQs
Some tīrtha-knowledges are treated as sacred confidences, to be transmitted to worthy seekers with reverence.
The yet-to-be-fully-narrated Hanūmateśvara-related tīrtha, described as exceptionally secret.
None; it frames the forthcoming narration as a guarded revelation rather than a public instruction.