Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
तस्यैव वेदशिरस आश्रमे तां निधाय सा । शुचिरप्सरसां श्रेष्ठा जगाम च यथेप्सितम्
tasyaiva vedaśirasa āśrame tāṃ nidhāya sā | śucirapsarasāṃ śreṣṭhā jagāma ca yathepsitam
Placing her in the hermitage of that very sage Vedaśiras, the pure and foremost among apsarases departed, going where she wished.
Skanda (deduced narrative voice in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous apsaras, serene and pure, gently places an infant/maiden into the care of sage Vedaśiras at a forest hermitage near Kāśī; then she departs into the sky-path, leaving a soft trail of light.
FAQs
The sage’s āśrama is shown as a dharmic refuge where destinies are protected and nurtured.
The āśrama of Vedaśiras is the immediate setting; the broader glorificatory frame remains Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None; it narrates the act of entrusting the child to the sage’s hermitage.