Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । पिप्पलादस्य चरितं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं विभो । माहात्म्यं तस्य तीर्थस्य यत्र सिद्धो महातपाः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | pippalādasya caritaṃ śrotumicchāmyahaṃ vibho | māhātmyaṃ tasya tīrthasya yatra siddho mahātapāḥ
یُدھشٹھِر نے کہا: “اے بزرگ وِبھُو، میں پِپّلاَد کے چرتّر کو سننا چاہتا ہوں، اور اس تیرتھ کی مہِما بھی جہاں وہ مہاتپسی سدھ موجود ہے۔”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Pippaleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, asks Mārkaṇḍeya to narrate Pippalāda’s life and the tīrtha’s greatness; behind them, a hinted silhouette of the Pippaleśvara shrine and pippala tree foreshadows the story.
FAQs
A sincere seeker inquires into saintly lives and tīrtha-glories to understand dharma and cultivate devotion.
The tīrtha associated with Pippalāda—introduced immediately after as Pippaleśvara.
No direct rite; it is a request to hear (śravaṇa) the māhātmya and biography.