Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
अगस्त्य उवाच । नर्मदेशस्य माहात्म्यं श्रुतं कल्मषनाशनम् । इदानीं कथय स्कंद सतीश्वर समुद्भवम्
agastya uvāca | narmadeśasya māhātmyaṃ śrutaṃ kalmaṣanāśanam | idānīṃ kathaya skaṃda satīśvara samudbhavam
Agastya dit : J’ai entendu la grandeur de Narmadeśa, qui détruit toute souillure. Maintenant, ô Skanda, raconte-moi l’origine de Satīśvara.
Agastya
Tirtha: Satīśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Agastya, venerable sage, addresses Skanda with folded hands, requesting the origin story of Satīśvara after hearing Narmadeśa’s purifying greatness; Skanda poised to narrate a temple’s divine emergence.
FAQs
After receiving tīrtha-glory teachings, the seeker is urged to inquire further into the origins of sacred liṅgas—deepening faith and understanding.
Kāśī is implied as the setting for Satīśvara; Narmadeśa is referenced as the previously praised sacred region.
None explicitly; the verse models śravaṇa (hearing) and praśna (reverent inquiry) as spiritual disciplines.