Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
अगस्तिरुवाच । आकर्णय वरारोहे सत्यं पृष्टं त्वयामले । निर्णीतमसकृच्चैतन्मुनिभिस्तत्त्वचिंतकैः
agastiruvāca | ākarṇaya varārohe satyaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ tvayāmale | nirṇītamasakṛccaitanmunibhistattvaciṃtakaiḥ
Agastya dit : «Écoute, ô toi aux hanches gracieuses, ô pure sans tache ; ta question est véridique. Cette affaire a été tranchée maintes fois par les sages qui méditent la Vérité suprême».
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lopāmudrā
Scene: Agastya leans slightly forward, beginning a formal explanation; his face is serene yet authoritative, as if invoking a lineage of sages and settled doctrine.
FAQs
Pilgrimage claims are to be understood through tattva (right discernment) as taught by realized sages, not through superficial contradiction.
The verse sets up a clarification about Śrīśaila and Kāśī rather than glorifying one site directly.
None; it introduces authoritative teaching (śravaṇa/listening) as the next step.