Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । विंध्योन्नतिहृदाख्यामि धर्मतीर्थसमुद्भवम् । आकर्णय महाप्राज्ञ यथा देवेन भाषितम्
skaṃda uvāca | viṃdhyonnatihṛdākhyāmi dharmatīrthasamudbhavam | ākarṇaya mahāprājña yathā devena bhāṣitam
斯甘达说道：大智者啊，请聆听。我将依《温提耶昂那提·赫利德》（Vindhyonnati-hṛd）之记述，照主所言，如实讲述法圣渡口（Dharmatīrtha）的起源。
Skanda
Tirtha: Dharmatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda begins narration, right hand raised in teaching mudrā; Agastya leans forward listening. A faint cartographic suggestion: a river bend/pond labeled Dharmatīrtha, and distant Vindhya hills to hint at ‘Vindhyonnati’.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya is preserved through faithful transmission of divine teaching within guru-disciple dialogue.
Dharmatīrtha—its origin and sanctity—becomes the focus of the chapter.
No ritual instruction yet; the verse begins the narrative framework for the tīrtha’s greatness.