Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
स्कंद उवाच । सम्यगापृच्छि भवता काशीवासिसमाहितम् । कुंभसंभव विप्रर्षे दंडपाणि कथानकम्
skaṃda uvāca | samyagāpṛcchi bhavatā kāśīvāsisamāhitam | kuṃbhasaṃbhava viprarṣe daṃḍapāṇi kathānakam
Skanda dit : Tu as bien interrogé, ô Kumbha-sambhava, le meilleur des brāhmaṇas, au sujet du récit de Daṇḍapāṇi, dévoué à Kāśī et recueilli dans sa sainteté.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Kumbha-sambhava)
Scene: Skanda begins: praising the question and announcing the forthcoming ‘Daṇḍapāṇi-kathā’ to the Kumbha-born sage.
FAQs
Right inquiry into sacred lore is honored; the tradition frames Kāśī-centered devotion as a worthy subject of revelation.
Kāśī as a whole (the Kāśī-kṣetra) is foregrounded through the phrase ‘Kāśīvāsi’ and the promised narrative.
None directly; the verse serves as the narrative gateway to the Daṇḍapāṇi account.