Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । अविमुक्तेश माहात्म्यं वर्णितं तेग्रतो मया । अथो किमसि शुश्रूषुः कथयिष्यामि तत्पुनः
skaṃda uvāca | avimukteśa māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ tegrato mayā | atho kimasi śuśrūṣuḥ kathayiṣyāmi tatpunaḥ
स्कन्द बोले—मैंने तुम्हारे सामने अविमुक्तेश का माहात्म्य वर्णित किया है; फिर भी तुम और क्या सुनना चाहते हो? मैं उसे पुनः कहूँगा।
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukteśvara (topic of māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda, radiant and youthful, addresses sage Agastya in an āśrama setting; palm-leaf manuscripts and a small liṅga/altar indicate the topic; Skanda gestures as if to begin anew.
FAQs
Sacred teachings are worth hearing repeatedly; the Māhātmya of Kāśī’s Lord is presented as inexhaustibly beneficial.
Avimukteśa/Avimukteśvara of Kāśī, whose Māhātmya is the topic of the chapter.
None directly; it establishes the didactic setting for continued narration (śravaṇa/recitation of Māhātmya).
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