Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । स्कन्दस्य चरितं सर्वमाजन्म द्विजसत्तम । तीर्थस्य च विधिं पुण्यं कथयस्व यथार्थतः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | skandasya caritaṃ sarvamājanma dvijasattama | tīrthasya ca vidhiṃ puṇyaṃ kathayasva yathārthataḥ
یُدھشٹھِر نے کہا: اے برہمنوں میں افضل! اسکند کی پیدائش سے لے کر ساری سرگزشت مجھے سچائی کے ساتھ سناؤ، اور اس پُنّیہ تیرتھ کی وِدھی بھی ٹھیک ٹھیک بیان کرو۔
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvija-sattama)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions sage Mārkaṇḍeya about Skanda’s birth-story and the exact tīrtha-vidhi; a calm hermitage setting suggests transmission of sacred geography through discourse.
FAQs
Dharma is learned through sincere inquiry—seeking both sacred history (carita) and correct practice (vidhi).
The verse points to the Narmadā-south-bank tīrtha introduced in the surrounding context, whose procedure is to be explained.
A request to explain the tīrtha’s ‘vidhi’ (proper observance), though the details are not yet given in this line.