Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
इति सर्वं मम पुरः प्रसादाद्वक्तुमर्हतम् । इति तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य गणावूचतुरादरात्
iti sarvaṃ mama puraḥ prasādādvaktumarhatam | iti tadvākyamākarṇya gaṇāvūcaturādarāt
«Ainsi, par grâce, vous devez m’exposer tout cela devant moi.» Entendant ces paroles, les deux serviteurs répondirent avec un respect attentif.
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within frame; immediate participants: Śivaśarman and two gaṇas
Scene: The seeker requests a full explanation ‘before me’; the attendants turn slightly toward him, poised to speak, hands in a respectful gesture; the moment is a calm narrative hinge.
FAQs
Grace (prasāda) and respectful listening open the way for authoritative instruction on liberation.
No site is directly mentioned; the verse transitions into the explanation that supports Kāśī’s Mahātmya.
None.