Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6
आसीत्कृतयुगे विप्रो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । विष्णुशर्मेति विख्यातः सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः
āsītkṛtayuge vipro vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ | viṣṇuśarmeti vikhyātaḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ
ในกฤตยุคมีพราหมณ์ผู้หนึ่ง เชี่ยวชาญในพระเวทและเวทางคะ เป็นที่เลื่องลือว่า “วิษณุศรมะ” และรู้แจ้งความหมายแห่งศาสตราทั้งปวง
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Pāṇḍava-sattama
Scene: A Kṛta Yuga brāhmaṇa scholar (Viṣṇuśarman) depicted with palm-leaf manuscripts, yajñopavīta, and calm radiance—an embodiment of Vedic mastery.
FAQs
Pilgrimage greatness is often revealed through exemplary lives; scriptural mastery and purity of conduct support dharma in the world.
The verse sets up the origin narrative that culminates in Bhārabhūti tīrtha’s sanctity, though the site is not named in this line.
None explicitly; the verse introduces a dharmic protagonist whose life will ground the tīrtha-māhātmya.