Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14
एष तत्सम्भवस्तात दारुतीर्थस्य सुव्रत । कथितोऽयं मया पूर्वं यथा मे शङ्करोऽब्रवीत्
eṣa tatsambhavastāta dārutīrthasya suvrata | kathito'yaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ yathā me śaṅkaro'bravīt
اے عزیز، اے نیک عہد والے! یہی داروتیرتھ کی پیدائش کا بیان ہے؛ میں نے اسے پہلے بھی اسی طرح کہا ہے جیسے شنکر نے مجھے بتایا تھا۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Dārutīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as ‘tāta’, ‘suvrata’ in narrative register)
Scene: A sage addresses a disciplined listener (‘suvrata’), recounting the origin of Dārutīrtha, with Śaṅkara’s presence implied as a prior teacher in the lineage.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s greatness is preserved through authoritative transmission—saints recount what the Lord himself revealed.
Dārutīrtha is explicitly named and its origin is being concluded.
None in this verse; it serves as a narrative seal on the tīrtha’s origin.