Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 32
इत्युक्तस्तेन स वने तापसो ब्रह्मचारिणा । कारुण्यपूर्णहृदयो यथोक्तमुपदिष्टवान्
ityuktastena sa vane tāpaso brahmacāriṇā | kāruṇyapūrṇahṛdayo yathoktamupadiṣṭavān
વનમાં તે બ્રહ્મચારીએ આમ કહ્યે ત્યારે, કરુણાથી પરિપૂર્ણ હૃદયવાળા તપસ્વીએ, કહેવામાં આવ્યું તેમ જ ઉપદેશ આપ્યો।
Narrator (Skanda speaking to Agastya, implied by Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta influence)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: The ascetic, moved by compassion, leans slightly forward and begins to instruct; the brahmacārin listens attentively in the forest hermitage.
FAQs
True teachers respond with compassion and give fitting guidance when approached with sincerity.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s praise of Kāśī; this verse introduces the compassionate instruction that supports that praise.
No explicit ritual; it marks the beginning of upadeśa (instruction).