Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
सावित्री च कथं जाता तां ज्ञात्वा यज्ञमण्डपे । पत्नीशालां प्रविष्टां च सर्वं नो विस्तराद्वद
sāvitrī ca kathaṃ jātā tāṃ jñātvā yajñamaṇḍape | patnīśālāṃ praviṣṭāṃ ca sarvaṃ no vistarādvada
“ساوتری اس معاملے میں کیسے شامل ہوئی—یہ جان کر، اور یَجْن منڈپ میں جو کچھ ہوا، نیز وہ پَتنی شالا میں کیسے داخل ہوئی—یہ سب ہمیں تفصیل سے بتاؤ۔”
Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)
Tirtha: Brahma-yajña maṇḍapa locus (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages lean forward, asking for a full account; behind them, the yajña pavilion is shown with a side chamber labeled patnīśālā, its doorway about to be crossed by Sāvitrī.
FAQs
Scriptural inquiry (praśna) is presented as a dharmic act—seeking clarity to understand sacred history and ritual propriety.
No specific tīrtha is named in this request-verse; it functions as a lead-in within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None directly; it references the yajña-maṇḍapa and patnīśālā as ritual spaces.