Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
अगस्त्य उवाच । पार्वतीनंदन पुनर्द्युनद्याः परितो वद । महिमोक्तो हरौ यद्वद्देवदेवेन वै तदा
agastya uvāca | pārvatīnaṃdana punardyunadyāḥ parito vada | mahimokto harau yadvaddevadevena vai tadā
Agastya berkata: Wahai putra Pārvatī, ceritakan kembali dengan lengkap tentang sungai surgawi itu, Gaṅgā—bagaimana pada waktu itu Dewa para dewa menyatakan kemuliaannya kepada Hari.
Agastya
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Dyunadī/Tripathagā)
Type: river
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Agastya, addressed as Maitrāvaruṇa, requests Skanda (Pārvatīnandana) to narrate again the full greatness of the celestial Gaṅgā and the episode of Śiva teaching Hari.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through disciplined transmission: sages request, and divine teachers recount tīrtha-greatness for the welfare of all.
Gaṅgā as the celestial river-tīrtha, within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework that localizes her glory in Kāśī.
None; it requests a detailed narration of Gaṅgā’s greatness.