Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कथं सिद्धेश्वरे प्राप्ताः सिद्धिं देवा द्विजोत्तम । आदित्या इति यच्चोक्तं तन्मे विस्मापनं कृतम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kathaṃ siddheśvare prāptāḥ siddhiṃ devā dvijottama | ādityā iti yaccoktaṃ tanme vismāpanaṃ kṛtam
Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Bạch bậc tối thượng trong hàng dvija, chư thiên đã đạt siddhi tại Siddheśvara bằng cách nào? Và điều ngài nói về ‘Āditya’ khiến con vô cùng kinh ngạc.”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvijoत्तama)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, questions a venerable sage (Mārkaṇḍeya) in an āśrama near the river; attendants listen; the distant silhouette of a Śiva shrine hints at Siddheśvara.
FAQs
Dharma is learned through reverent inquiry—asking how divine attainments were achieved at a tīrtha inspires disciplined devotion.
Siddheśvara Tīrtha, presented as a place where even devas attained siddhi.
None in this verse; it is a question initiating the explanation of the tīrtha’s power and the devas’ tapas.