Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । निशामय महाभाग त्वं मैत्रावरुणे मुने । पाराशर्यो मुनिवरो यथा मोहमुपैष्यति
skaṃda uvāca | niśāmaya mahābhāga tvaṃ maitrāvaruṇe mune | pārāśaryo munivaro yathā mohamupaiṣyati
स्कन्द बोले—हे महाभाग मैत्रावरुण मुनि (अगस्त्य), ध्यान से सुनो। श्रेष्ठ मुनि पाराशर्य (व्यास) किस प्रकार मोह को प्राप्त होंगे, यह सुनो।
Skanda
Listener: Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa)
Scene: Skanda speaks gravely to Agastya; in a secondary vignette, Vyāsa appears momentarily clouded by a dark veil (moha) while a Śiva-liṅga’s light dispels it—symbolizing delusion and its remedy.
FAQs
Even great sages may face moha; Purāṇic narration teaches discernment and the corrective power of sacred instruction.
The immediate verse is narrative setup; the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context continues to foreground Kāśī’s sacred power.
None; it introduces an upcoming episode involving Vyāsa.