Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
अगस्त्य उवाच । श्रुत्वोंकारकथामेतां महापातकनाशिनीम् । न तृप्तोस्मि विशाखाथ ब्रूहि त्रैविष्टपीं कथाम्
agastya uvāca | śrutvoṃkārakathāmetāṃ mahāpātakanāśinīm | na tṛptosmi viśākhātha brūhi traiviṣṭapīṃ kathām
অগস্ত্য ক’লে: মহাপাতকনাশিনী এই ওঁকাৰ-কথা শুনিও মই তৃপ্ত নহ’লোঁ, হে বিশাখা; সেয়ে ত্ৰৈবিষ্টপী সম্পৰ্কীয় পবিত্ৰ কাহিনী কোৱা।
Agastya
Tirtha: Traiviṣṭapī (as referenced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Viśākha (Skanda)
Scene: Agastya, calm yet eager, addresses Viśākha (Skanda) requesting the Traiviṣṭapī narrative; palm-leaf manuscripts and a small fire altar indicate a teaching hermitage near Kāśī’s sacred ambience.
FAQs
Even after hearing purifying sacred lore, the seeker’s thirst for dharma and kṣetra-mahātmya should deepen, leading to further inquiry.
The ongoing context is Kāśī-kṣetra; this verse transitions from the Oṅkāra account to another Kāśī-linked sacred narrative.
None directly; the emphasis is on śravaṇa (hearing) and continued inquiry into sacred kathā.