Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ययाति रुवाच । किमर्थं तत्र सा गुप्ता जाह्नवी तिष्ठते विभो । कस्मिन्काले समायाता परं कौतूहलं हि मे
yayāti ruvāca | kimarthaṃ tatra sā guptā jāhnavī tiṣṭhate vibho | kasminkāle samāyātā paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
யயாதி கூறினார்—ஓ விபோ! அந்த ஜாஹ்னவி அங்கே ஏன் மறைந்து தங்குகிறாள்? அவள் எந்தக் காலத்தில் அங்கே வந்தாள்? எனக்கு மிகுந்தக் கௌதுகம் உள்ளது।
Yayāti
Tirtha: Guptā Jāhnavī at Arbuda (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yayāti
Scene: King Yayāti, hands folded, questions sage Pulastya about the hidden Jāhnavī at Arbuda; the mountain looms behind, with a suggestion of subterranean water or a veiled river goddess presence.
FAQs
Inquiry (jijñāsā) into a tīrtha’s origin is honored; knowing the sacred story deepens devotion and right practice.
Śivaliṅga-kuṇḍa, specifically the hidden presence of Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) there.
None; it is a question initiating the origin narrative of the site.