स्कंद उवाच । उक्ता पंचनदोत्पत्तिर्मित्रावरुणनंदन । इदानीं कथयिष्यामि माधवाविष्कृतिं पराम्
skaṃda uvāca | uktā paṃcanadotpattirmitrāvaruṇanaṃdana | idānīṃ kathayiṣyāmi mādhavāviṣkṛtiṃ parām
स्कन्द बोले—हे मित्र और वरुण के नन्दन! मैंने पञ्चनद की उत्पत्ति कह दी; अब मैं काशी में माधव (विष्णु) की परम आविर्भूति का वर्णन करूँगा।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual) / Pañcanada (as prior topic) leading to Mādhava-āvirbhāva
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Mitrāvaruṇanandana)
Scene: Skanda begins a new episode, addressing the sage (son of Mitra and Varuṇa) and announcing the forthcoming account of Mādhava’s supreme manifestation in Kāśī; a calm narrative setting with sacred ambience.
After establishing a tīrtha’s origin, the Purāṇa elevates devotion by revealing the deity’s special manifestation connected to that sacred place.
Pañcanada tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), as the lead-in to Mādhava’s manifestation there.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition into the Mādhava-māhātmya.