Skandapurana 6.3.238.p3

6.3.238.p3

2 janamejayavaiśaṃpāyanasaṃvādaprasaṅgena vanavāsasamaye yātrārthaṃ gatānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ vindhyaparvataṃ prati gamanam, tatra vindhyāraṇyasthasya mārkaṇḍeyarṣerdarśanama, svātithyakāriṇaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ prati dharmarājasya tīrthakṣetrādimāhātmyasaṃbandhipraśnavarṇanam, mārkaṇḍeyena gaṅgādisarvatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, revāmāhātmyasya tato'pyadhikatva-
varṇanam... ... 177 1

2. The journey of the Pāṇḍavas towards the Vindhya mountain, who had set out on pilgrimage during their forest exile, in the context of the dialogue between Janamejaya and Vaiśampāyana; their seeing the seer Mārkaṇḍeya dwelling in the Vindhya forest there; Dharmarāja's questioning of Mārkaṇḍeya, who offers them hospitality, concerning the māhātmya of sacred fords, sacred fields, and the like; Mārkaṇḍeya's description of the māhātmya of all sacred fords such as Gaṅgā; the description of the māhātmya of Revā as greater even than that... ... 177 1