Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
अन्यच्चात्रैव यद्वृत्तं तद्ब्रवीमि घटोद्भव । त्रिविष्टपस्य माहात्म्यं देव्यै देवेन भाषितम्
anyaccātraiva yadvṛttaṃ tadbravīmi ghaṭodbhava | triviṣṭapasya māhātmyaṃ devyai devena bhāṣitam
আৰু ইয়াতেই যি আন এক ঘটনা ঘটিছিল, সেয়া মই কওঁ, হে ঘটোদ্ভৱ। ত্ৰিৱিষ্টপৰ মাহাত্ম্য দেৱে দেৱীক যি কৈছিল, সেই বৃত্তান্ত।
Skanda
Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa-māhātmya (as introduced; specific tīrtha name not yet stated in this verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)
Scene: Narrative frame: Skanda addresses Agastya; within the telling, a vision-like inset shows Śiva speaking to Devī about the greatness of Triviṣṭapa, with celestial architecture and devas listening.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sanctity is validated through divine testimony—Śiva himself teaches the māhātmya to Devī.
Triviṣṭapa (likely a named sacred locale/tīrtha within Kāśī), introduced for its māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed here; it serves as a narrative preface to the forthcoming māhātmya.