Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
चित्रसेनस्य दौहित्री विद्यानन्दमृषिं गता । वव्रे ते स्वीकृता तेन दशवर्षाणि तं श्रिता
citrasenasya dauhitrī vidyānandamṛṣiṃ gatā | vavre te svīkṛtā tena daśavarṣāṇi taṃ śritā
นางเป็นหลานสาวของจิตรเสน นางไปหา ฤๅษีวิทยานันทะ เลือกท่านเป็นสามี และท่านรับนางไว้; นางพำนักกับท่านตลอดสิบปี
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Alikā-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: a king (nṛpa)
Scene: Alikā, adorned as a celestial maiden, approaches the serene sage Vidyānanda in his riverside hermitage; the moment of ‘choosing’ is depicted as a garland exchange, while the sage’s acceptance is calm and restrained, foreshadowed by a faint ominous shadow.
FAQs
Choices made in relationship and dharma create long karmic arcs that later unfold within tīrtha legends.
The verse is part of the Alikā Tīrtha origin account in Revā Khaṇḍa.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it provides the narrative prelude establishing the tīrtha’s backstory.