Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
माहात्म्यमस्य तीर्थस्य नाम चैवास्य कीदृशम् । कथयन्तु महाभागाः प्रसादः क्रियतां मम
māhātmyamasya tīrthasya nāma caivāsya kīdṛśam | kathayantu mahābhāgāḥ prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mama
“اے نہایت بختور رشیو! اس تیرتھ کی مہیمہ اور اس کا نام کیسا ہے، مجھے بتائیے۔ مجھ پر کرپا کیجیے اور اسے واضح فرمائیے۔”
The Queen/Pilgrim woman (inquirer)
Tirtha: Unnamed (to be revealed as Cakratīrtha in next verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: The pilgrim, hands folded, addresses the seated sages: her posture conveys earnestness; the sages listen with calm authority, ready to narrate the tīrtha’s story and name.
FAQs
Seeking sacred knowledge begins with respectful inquiry—asking the wise about a place’s name, power, and dharmic practice.
The verse introduces an unnamed tīrtha whose māhātmya will be disclosed by the sages in the following lines.
No specific rite; it prescribes the method—humble questioning and receiving instruction from sages.