Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तथेत्युक्त्वा च शंकरः । पुनःप्रोवाच तं दैत्यं भक्तिनिर्मलमानसम्
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā tathetyuktvā ca śaṃkaraḥ | punaḥprovāca taṃ daityaṃ bhaktinirmalamānasam
Als Śaṅkara seine Worte vernahm, sprach er: „So sei es“, und wandte sich dann erneut an jenen Daitya, dessen Geist durch Hingabe geläutert war.
Narrator (contextually Skanda speaking to Agastya in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Avimukta (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame assumed)
Scene: Śaṅkara hears the request and simply says ‘So be it’; the devotee-daitya’s face shows relief and purified devotion; the scene pauses in calm before the next boon is spoken.
FAQs
A heart purified by bhakti becomes fit to receive divine instruction and grace.
Kāśī is the implied setting of the larger māhātmya, where Śiva’s grace is uniquely emphasized.
None; it is a narrative transition highlighting devotion as inner discipline.