Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
श्रुत्वार्तनादमिति विश्वनरोपि मोहं हित्वोत्थितः किमिति किंत्विति किंकिमेतत् । उच्चैर्वदन्गृहपतिः क्व समे बहिस्थः प्राणोंतरात्मनिलयः सकलेंद्रियेशः
śrutvārtanādamiti viśvanaropi mohaṃ hitvotthitaḥ kimiti kiṃtviti kiṃkimetat | uccairvadangṛhapatiḥ kva same bahisthaḥ prāṇoṃtarātmanilayaḥ sakaleṃdriyeśaḥ
لمّا سمع صرخةَ الضيق، طرح فيشڤانارا غشاوةَ ذهوله ونهض وثبًا وهو يهتف: «ما هذا؟ لِمَ هذا؟ ماذا حدث؟» وقال ربُّ البيت بصوتٍ عالٍ: «أين هو—أفي الخارج، على الأرض المستوية؟—ذاك الذي هو الحياةُ نفسها، الساكنُ كالأتمان في الداخل، سيّدُ جميع الحواس.»
Narrator (within Skanda–Agastya dialogue context)
Scene: A startled house-lord rises from stupor at a piercing cry, hands lifted in alarm; behind him a dim interior; outside suggested as a threshold; a subtle halo indicates the ‘inner Self’ theme.
FAQs
Awakening from delusion begins with attentive hearing and urgent inquiry, turning the mind toward the indwelling Lord.
The chapter sits in the Kāśī-māhātmya stream of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative dialogue.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes awakening, inquiry, and recognition of the inner ruler.