Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
स्कंद उवाच । अयमेव हि वै प्रश्नो देव्यै देवेन भोस्तदा । यादृशः कथितो वच्मि तादृशं शृणु कुंभज
skaṃda uvāca | ayameva hi vai praśno devyai devena bhostadā | yādṛśaḥ kathito vacmi tādṛśaṃ śṛṇu kuṃbhaja
Skanda said: “This very question was once asked by the Goddess to the God. I shall tell it just as it was spoken then—listen, O Kumbhaja (Agastya).”
Skanda
Listener: Agastya (Kumbhaja)
Scene: Skanda begins his reply, explicitly citing an earlier moment when Devī questioned Śiva; Agastya sits attentive, indicating a sage-to-sage transmission of a divine conversation.
FAQs
Purāṇic knowledge is transmitted through revered dialogue-lineages; teachings on Kāśī’s sacred sites are presented as Śiva’s own instruction.
The context is Kāśī/Ānandakānana, introduced through the authority of a prior Śiva–Devī conversation.
None; it establishes the authenticity and continuity of the teaching.