Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
व्यास उवाच । सूतावधेहि धर्मात्मञ्जातूकर्ण्य निशामय । शुकवैशंपायनाद्याः शृण्वंत्वपि च बालकाः
vyāsa uvāca | sūtāvadhehi dharmātmañjātūkarṇya niśāmaya | śukavaiśaṃpāyanādyāḥ śṛṇvaṃtvapi ca bālakāḥ
قال فياسا: «يا سوتا، يا ذا النفس القائمة على الدharma، أصغِ—يا جاتوكَرنيا. وليسمع شُوكا وفايشَمبايانا وغيرهما، بل وحتى التلاميذ الصغار، هذا أيضاً.»
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta and Jātūkarṇya (with Śuka, Vaiśaṃpāyana, students as audience)
Scene: Vyāsa formally convenes an audience: Sūta, Jātūkarṇya, Śuka, Vaiśaṃpāyana, and young brahmacārins seated in attentive rows, indicating a grand teaching session.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved through attentive listening and inclusive transmission—elders, sages, and students alike should hear the sacred account.
Kāśī is the overarching subject of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, but this verse focuses on the assembly of listeners rather than a single tīrtha.
No ritual act is prescribed; the instruction is śravaṇa (hearing) of the Purāṇic Māhātmya.