Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कोऽयं श्रियः पतिर्देवो देवानामधिपो विभुः । कथं जन्माभवत्तस्य देवेषु त्रिषु वा मुने
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ko'yaṃ śriyaḥ patirdevo devānāmadhipo vibhuḥ | kathaṃ janmābhavattasya deveṣu triṣu vā mune
یُدھشٹھِر نے کہا: “یہ شری کا پتی کون ہے—یہ دیوتا، دیوتاؤں کا حاکم، ہمہ گیر رب؟ اور اے منی، اس کی پیدائش کیسے ہوئی—کیا دیوتاؤں کی تین جماعتوں میں، یا کسی اور طرح؟”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Devatīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions Mārkaṇḍeya about Śrīpati’s identity and 'birth'; the background hints at a riverbank tīrtha and a distant Viṣṇu shrine, linking theology to place.
FAQs
Reverent inquiry into the nature of the deity is treated as a legitimate path to understanding dharma and sacred history.
This verse is part of the narrative frame leading into Devatīrtha–Śrīpati māhātmya; no site is directly praised in this question.
None; it is a theological question initiating exposition.