Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 84
अगस्त्य उवाच । कथं स्तुतो भगवता देवदेवेन विघ्नजित् । कथं च बहुधात्मानं स चकार विनायकः
agastya uvāca | kathaṃ stuto bhagavatā devadevena vighnajit | kathaṃ ca bahudhātmānaṃ sa cakāra vināyakaḥ
Agastya dijo: ¿Cómo fue alabado Vighnajit por el Bienaventurado Señor, el Dios de los dioses? ¿Y cómo hizo aquel Vināyaka de sí mismo muchas formas?
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī (Vināyaka-sthāna network)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṣaḍānana/Skanda (to respond)
Scene: Sage Agastya, seated in an āśrama setting, asks with folded hands; behind him, a faint visionary montage of multiple Gaṇeśa forms appearing at different Kāśī locales—gateways, ghāṭas, crossroads.
FAQs
Sacred narratives are preserved through inquiry and transmission—asking rightly is part of dharma and devotion.
The inquiry concerns Vināyaka’s manifestation in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the sacred setting of the episode.
None directly; it introduces a doctrinal explanation about praise (stuti) and divine manifestations.