Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । हव्यवाहेन भगवन्नीश्वरः स्थापितः कथम् । एतदाख्याहि मे सर्वं प्रसादाद्वक्तुमर्हसि
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | havyavāhena bhagavannīśvaraḥ sthāpitaḥ katham | etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ prasādādvaktumarhasi
ยุธิษฐิระกล่าวว่า: ข้าแต่ภควัน พระเป็นเจ้าถูกหัวยวาหนะ (อัคนี) ประดิษฐานได้อย่างไร? ขอได้โปรดเล่าให้ข้าพเจ้าฟังทั้งหมด ด้วยพระกรุณา ท่านควรกล่าวเถิด
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Piṅgaleśvara (at Piṅgalāvarta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, hands folded, asks Mārkaṇḍeya about Agni installing the liṅga; the sage sits calmly with a rosary; behind them a riverbank shrine and a subtle flame motif indicating Havyavāhana.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry (praśna) is upheld as the doorway to tīrtha-knowledge and deeper faith in sacred narratives.
Piṅgaleśvara at Piṅgalāvarta is the subject, introduced through the question about its स्थापना (installation).
None directly; it frames the kathā (origin account) that legitimizes worship at the site.