Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
उमोवाच । किंचित्प्रष्टुमना नाथ स्वसंदेहापनुत्तये । वद खेदो यदि न ते त्रिकालज्ञानकोविद
umovāca | kiṃcitpraṣṭumanā nātha svasaṃdehāpanuttaye | vada khedo yadi na te trikālajñānakovida
উমা ক’লে: হে নাথ, মোৰ সন্দেহ দূৰ কৰিবলৈ মই অলপ সুধিব বিচাৰোঁ। যদি তোমাৰ কষ্ট নহয়, তেন্তে কোৱা—হে ত্ৰিকাল-জ্ঞানত কুশলী প্ৰভু।
Umā (Pārvatī)
Listener: Śiva (Maheśvara)
Scene: Umā sits beside Śiva in a calm teaching posture; she raises a gentle question with folded hands; Śiva, serene and all-knowing, prepares to narrate ancient tīrtha history.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma values humble inquiry: doubts are removed through respectful questioning of realized authority.
The verse introduces a Gaṅgā-māhātmya discussion within Kāśī Khaṇḍa, setting the stage for Kāśī–Gaṅgā sacred geography.
None; it is the opening of a teaching dialogue.