Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
देव्युवाच । कस्मिन्स्थाने स्थितं तीर्थमुत्पत्तिस्तस्य कीदृशी । कथं स वेनराजो वा उद्धृतः पापयोनितः
devyuvāca | kasminsthāne sthitaṃ tīrthamutpattistasya kīdṛśī | kathaṃ sa venarājo vā uddhṛtaḥ pāpayonitaḥ
Nữ Thần thưa: Tīrtha ấy tọa lạc ở nơi nào, và nguồn gốc của nó ra sao? Lại nữa, vua Vena đã được cứu thoát khỏi “ác thai” (sinh ra trong dòng tội lỗi) bằng cách nào?
Mahādevī (Pārvatī) (as “Devyuvāca”)
Tirtha: Goṣpada Tīrtha (subject of inquiry)
Type: kund
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Devī, attentive and inquisitive, asks Śiva about the tīrtha’s location and origin; the background hints at a map-like sacred landscape—kunda, shrine, and path markers—inviting the forthcoming narrative.
FAQs
Inquiry into tīrtha origin and ritual method is itself dharmic; right understanding supports right practice.
Goṣpada tīrtha, whose location and origin the Goddess asks to hear.
No prescription here; it introduces questions about the tīrtha’s origin and the śrāddha-based upliftment.