Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
कस्तां मां प्रापयेच्छंभोः कथं यामि तथा वद । स तपस्वीति तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य श्रद्धयान्वितम्
kastāṃ māṃ prāpayecchaṃbhoḥ kathaṃ yāmi tathā vada | sa tapasvīti tadvākyamākarṇya śraddhayānvitam
“মোক শম্ভুৰ সেই ঠাইলৈ কোনে লৈ যাব? মই কেনেকৈ যাম—সেইদৰে সত্যকৈ কোৱা।” এই বিশ্বাসভৰা বাক্য শুনি তপস্বীজনে (উত্তৰ দিবলৈ ধৰিলে)।
Tvāṣṭra (first half); Narrator voice continues (second half)
Tirtha: Ānandavana (Śambhu’s place in Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: the tapasvin (about to reply)
Scene: Tvāṣṭra, earnest and humble, asks ‘who will lead me?’; the tapasvin listens with compassionate steadiness, poised to instruct—suggesting the start of a guided Kāśī pilgrimage.
FAQs
Approaching a sacred kṣetra is aided by humility and guidance; sincere inquiry combined with faith invites the right help.
Śambhu’s Ānandavana—Kāśī—implicitly the destination sought.
None; it emphasizes seeking instruction (upadeśa) and guidance for pilgrimage.