Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथं देवो जगद्धाता कामेन कलुषीकृतः । कथं च नित्यदा वास एकस्थानेषु जायते
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ devo jagaddhātā kāmena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ | kathaṃ ca nityadā vāsa ekasthāneṣu jāyate
یُدھشٹھِر نے کہا: جو دیوتا جگت کا دھارک ہے وہ کام سے کیسے آلودہ ہو سکتا ہے؟ اور ایک ہی مقام میں نِتّیہ واس کیسے قائم ہو جاتا ہے؟
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: A forest-ashram setting near the river: Yudhiṣṭhira seated with folded hands, brows knit in inquiry; Mārkaṇḍeya serene; in the background, a symbolic vignette of Agni near the river to foreshadow the explanation.
FAQs
Dharma begins with inquiry: questioning divine narratives seeks the ethical meaning behind tīrtha legends.
Agnitīrtha is the immediate context; the question sets up its origin-story and special sanctity.
None directly; it is a doctrinal question preparing for the māhātmya explanation.