Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
शिवशर्मोवाच । कोसौ शुक्र इति ख्यातो यस्यायं लोक उत्तमः । कथं तेन च विद्याप्ता मृत्युसंजीवनी हरात्
śivaśarmovāca | kosau śukra iti khyāto yasyāyaṃ loka uttamaḥ | kathaṃ tena ca vidyāptā mṛtyusaṃjīvanī harāt
शिवशर्मा ने कहा— वह ‘शुक्र’ नाम से प्रसिद्ध कौन है, जिसका यह उत्तम लोक है? और उसने हर (शिव) से मृत्युसंजीविनी विद्या कैसे प्राप्त की?
Śivaśarman
Tirtha: Kāśī (implicit narrative kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gaṇas
Scene: Śivaśarman, composed and attentive, asks the Gaṇas about Śukra and the origin of the Mṛtyu-saṃjīvinī from Śiva; the scene is calm, with a sense of impending revelation.
FAQs
Reverent questioning is the gateway to sacred history and the deeper meaning of divine boons.
No specific tīrtha; the focus is Śukra-loka and the Śaiva source of the vidyā.
None; it is a formal inquiry that sets up the forthcoming kathā.