Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
अधिष्ठाता मया ख्यातस्तथाधिष्ठातृ चेष्टितम् । अपूर्वं यत्त्वयापृष्टं तदाख्यामि च तच्छृणु
adhiṣṭhātā mayā khyātastathādhiṣṭhātṛ ceṣṭitam | apūrvaṃ yattvayāpṛṣṭaṃ tadākhyāmi ca tacchṛṇu
মই আগতেই অধিষ্ঠাতা প্ৰভুক বৰ্ণনা কৰিছোঁ, আৰু অধিষ্ঠাতাৰ কৰ্ম-প্ৰক্ৰিয়াও। তুমি যি সুধিছা সেয়া অপূৰ্ব; মই তাক ক’ম—মন দি শুনা।
Skanda (contextual attribution)
Scene: A narrator-sage seated on a raised seat, turning to the listener with a palm raised in assurance, indicating he will reveal an uncommon teaching; manuscripts and ritual vessels nearby.
FAQs
Sacred teachings unfold progressively: first the Lord, then His workings; rare questions deserve attentive listening and disciplined inquiry.
The discourse belongs to Kāśī’s glorification in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though no single tirtha is named in this verse.
No ritual; it is an instruction to listen (śravaṇa) as a spiritual discipline.