अगस्तिरुवाच । अपूवेंयं कथा ख्याता ब्रह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तम । किं चकार पुनः शंभुस्तत्र ब्रह्मण्यपि स्थिते
agastiruvāca | apūveṃyaṃ kathā khyātā brahmaṇo brahmavittama | kiṃ cakāra punaḥ śaṃbhustatra brahmaṇyapi sthite
Agastya dit : Ce récit sans précédent au sujet de Brahmā a été rapporté, ô connaisseur du Brahman. Que fit donc Śambhu (Śiva) tandis que Brahmā demeurait là ?
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (about to answer)
Scene: Agastya, the venerable sage, respectfully questions the Brahmavid (Skanda as narrator in this frame), seeking the next episode of Śiva’s actions in Kāśī.
Scriptural learning proceeds through reverent inquiry; questions open the next layer of tīrtha-māhātmya and divine action.
Kāśī as the setting of the divine episode, though the verse itself is a narrative question.
None; it is a dialogic transition prompting further narration.