Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 33
स्कंद उवाच । इल्वलारे कथामेकां शृणुष्वावहितो भव । वरणायास्तटे रम्ये यद्वृत्त पूर्वमुत्तमम्
skaṃda uvāca | ilvalāre kathāmekāṃ śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhava | varaṇāyāstaṭe ramye yadvṛtta pūrvamuttamam
স্কন্দে ক’লে: হে ইল্বলাৰ, এটা কাহিনী শুনা—সাৱধান হৈ থাকা। বৰণা নদীৰ মনোৰম তীৰত পূৰ্বকালত এক উত্তম ঘটনা ঘটিছিল; সেয়া শুনা।
Skanda
Tirtha: Varaṇā-taṭa (kathā-pravṛtti-sthāna)
Type: ghat
Listener: Ilvalāra
Scene: Skanda, radiant and youthful, addresses Ilvalāra, inviting attentive listening to an ancient event that took place on the beautiful bank of the Varaṇā.
FAQs
Sacred places are illuminated through remembered holy history; attentive listening (śravaṇa) becomes a doorway to understanding the kṣetra’s greatness.
Varaṇā-tīra—the auspicious riverbank within Kāśī.
No external ritual is prescribed; the instruction is śravaṇa—listening attentively to the kṣetra’s sacred account.