Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
श्रुतं च यत्तदुत्संगे स्थितेन स्थिरचेतसा । माहात्म्यं तच्छृणु मुने कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघ
śrutaṃ ca yattadutsaṃge sthitena sthiracetasā | māhātmyaṃ tacchṛṇu mune kathyamānaṃ mayā'nagha
„Und was ich hörte, als ich auf ihrem Schoß verweilte, mit festem Geist—höre, o Weiser, jene Größe, die ich dir nun darlege, o Makelloser.“
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta (within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (addressed as ‘mune’, ‘anagha’)
Scene: A narrator-sage recounts a secret greatness to a sinless listener; the mood is intimate, didactic, and reverent—like a sacred teaching transmitted in a quiet āśrama setting, with Kāśī’s sanctity implied.
FAQs
Steady-minded listening and faithful retelling preserve sacred knowledge and make the māhātmya spiritually effective.
Avimukta (Kāśī), whose māhātmya is being introduced for narration.
No external ritual; it emphasizes attentive śravaṇa (hearing) of the māhātmya.