Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
श्रुतं च यत्तदुत्संगे स्थितेन स्थिरचेतसा । माहात्म्यं तच्छृणु मुने कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघ
śrutaṃ ca yattadutsaṃge sthitena sthiracetasā | māhātmyaṃ tacchṛṇu mune kathyamānaṃ mayā'nagha
અને તેની ગોદમાં સ્થિરચિત્તે બેઠો રહીને મેં જે સાંભળ્યું હતું—હે મુનિ, હે નિષ્પાપ, તે મહાત્મ્ય હું હવે કહું છું; તું સાંભળ.
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta (within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (addressed as ‘mune’, ‘anagha’)
Scene: A narrator-sage recounts a secret greatness to a sinless listener; the mood is intimate, didactic, and reverent—like a sacred teaching transmitted in a quiet āśrama setting, with Kāśī’s sanctity implied.
FAQs
Steady-minded listening and faithful retelling preserve sacred knowledge and make the māhātmya spiritually effective.
Avimukta (Kāśī), whose māhātmya is being introduced for narration.
No external ritual; it emphasizes attentive śravaṇa (hearing) of the māhātmya.
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