Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
कोसौ भैरवनामात्र काशिपुर्यां व्यवस्थितः । किं रूपमस्य किं कर्म कानि नामानि चास्य वै
kosau bhairavanāmātra kāśipuryāṃ vyavasthitaḥ | kiṃ rūpamasya kiṃ karma kāni nāmāni cāsya vai
Who is that Bhairava, established in the city of Kāśī? What is his form, what is his function, and what indeed are his names?
Agastya
Tirtha: Bhairava in Kāśī (Kāla Bhairava as principal)
Type: temple
Listener: Narrator of the Kāśī discourse
Scene: A questioning tableau: Agastya gestures with three fingers as if enumerating—form, function, names—while the narrator prepares to reveal Bhairava’s iconography; behind them, a shrine doorway with a trident and a dog motif suggests the guardian’s presence.
FAQs
True devotion seeks clarity—understanding a deity’s form, names, and function deepens right worship and reverence.
Kāśīpurī, as the abode where Bhairava is especially established.
None directly; it initiates doctrinal and devotional inquiry into Bhairava worship in Kāśī.