Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
वेदाविदुर्यदाकारं नैवोपनिषदोदितम् । ब्रह्माद्या न च गीर्वाणाश्चक्रे नेत्रातिथिं सतम्
vedāviduryadākāraṃ naivopaniṣadoditam | brahmādyā na ca gīrvāṇāścakre netrātithiṃ satam
Jene Gestalt, die selbst die Veden nicht völlig kennen und die die Upaniṣaden nicht erschöpfend verkünden—weder Brahmā und die übrigen Götter noch die Scharen der Devas konnten Ihn zu einem dauernden „Gast der Augen“ machen, ganz sichtbar und fassbar.
Narrator (contextual, prior to Agnibiṃdu’s direct speech)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame; chapter-level context)
Scene: A luminous, partially veiled divine presence—suggested rather than fully outlined—while Vedic seers and devas stand in awe, unable to ‘fix’ the form; the atmosphere is of radiant mystery.
FAQs
The Supreme is ultimately beyond conceptual knowledge; devotion (bhakti) becomes the truest approach when words and scriptures reach their limit.
The wider context is Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the immediate scene later centers on Pañcanadā, a sacred area associated with worship in the Kāśī region.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes theological transcendence rather than a specific rite.