Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
हिमवानुवाच । हंहो कार्पटिक श्रेष्ठ अध्यास्वैतदिहासनम् । स्वपुरोदंतमाख्याहि किमपूर्वमिहाध्वग
himavānuvāca | haṃho kārpaṭika śreṣṭha adhyāsvaitadihāsanam | svapurodaṃtamākhyāhi kimapūrvamihādhvaga
قال هيمفان: «هلمّ يا خيرَ المتسوّلين، اجلس هنا على هذا المقعد. أخبرني بأخبار ناحيتك: ما الأمر الذي لم يُسبق إليه وقد وقع هنا، أيها المسافر؟»
Himavān
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (topic implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)
Scene: Himavān addresses the mendicant with honor, gesturing to a prepared seat; the mendicant pauses, ready to recount the ‘news of regions’ and an unprecedented occurrence.
FAQs
Honoring guests—especially ascetics—and respectfully asking for truth is portrayed as righteous conduct.
Indirectly Kāśī; this verse functions as the narrative doorway to Kāśī-related revelation.
No ritual; the dharma shown is ātithi-satkāra (honoring a guest).