अगस्त्य उवाच । कृच्छ्र चांद्रायणादीनि व्यासो वक्ष्यति यानि वै । तेषां स्वरूपमाख्याहि स्कंदेंद्रिय विशुद्धये
agastya uvāca | kṛcchra cāṃdrāyaṇādīni vyāso vakṣyati yāni vai | teṣāṃ svarūpamākhyāhi skaṃdeṃdriya viśuddhaye
Agastya said: “The Kṛcchra, the Cāndrāyaṇa, and the like—those which Vyāsa will also describe—tell me their true forms, O Skanda, for the purification of the senses.”
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Agastya, seated respectfully, questions Skanda about the true forms of Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa; palm-leaf manuscripts and a quiet Kāśī shrine setting frame the didactic exchange.
Seek precise understanding of dharmic disciplines; right knowledge supports genuine purification.
The dialogue occurs within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative world, oriented to the sanctity and dharma of Kāśī.
Inquiry into and forthcoming instruction on Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa prāyaścittas for indriya-śuddhi.