Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । शृणु सूत प्रवक्ष्यामि कथां कलशजन्मनः । यामाकर्ण्य नरो भूयाद्विरजा ज्ञानभाजनम्
vyāsa uvāca | śṛṇu sūta pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ kalaśajanmanaḥ | yāmākarṇya naro bhūyādvirajā jñānabhājanam
ব্যাস বললেন—হে সূত, শোনো; আমি কলশজাত (অগস্ত্য) মুনির কাহিনি বলছি। তা শ্রবণে মানুষ নির্মল হয়ে সত্য জ্ঞানের পাত্র হয়।
Vyāsa
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Frame dialogue: Vyāsa addresses Sūta, announcing the Agastya story; a hermitage setting with manuscripts, kusa grass seats, and attentive assembly.
FAQs
Purāṇic listening (kathā-śravaṇa) purifies the listener and prepares the mind as a vessel for liberating knowledge.
The immediate site is not named in this verse; it introduces a Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative that unfolds within Kāśī’s sacred landscape.
The implied sādhana is attentive listening to the kathā; no dāna, snāna, or vrata is specified here.