Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
कथं वा संस्थितागत्य कपिला सा द्विजोत्तम । तीर्थे वा ह्यूषरे क्षेत्र एतन्मे कथय द्विज
kathaṃ vā saṃsthitāgatya kapilā sā dvijottama | tīrthe vā hyūṣare kṣetra etanme kathaya dvija
“Bạch bậc dvija tối thượng, Kapilā đã đến và an trụ nơi đây bằng cách nào—tại thánh địa tīrtha này hay trong vùng kṣetra linh thiêng này? Xin Ngài, bậc brāhmaṇa, hãy nói cho con biết.”
Unspecified (listener/questioner addressing a brāhmaṇa; context continues with Mārkaṇḍeya speaking)
Tirtha: Kapilā (as a sacred presence/site-identity in context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya (addressed as dvijottama)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira presses the sage: how did Kapilā arrive and become established—at the ford (tīrtha) or in the holy field (kṣetra)?
FAQs
Reverence begins with inquiry: asking about a tīrtha’s origin prepares the mind to receive its māhātmya and practice dharma accordingly.
Kapilā-tīrtha (its establishment is being asked about), within the Revā Khaṇḍa context connected to the Narmadā.
None explicitly here; it is a question introducing the tīrtha’s origin and sanctity.