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
スカンダは言った。「よく聴け、幸い多き高徳の聖仙マイトラーヴァルナ（アガスティヤ）よ。卓越せる聖者パーラーシャリヤ（ヴィヤーサ）が、いかにして迷妄（モーハ）を経験するかを聞け。」
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.