Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
सर्वज्ञाननिधे तुभ्यं नमः सर्वज्ञसूनवे । सर्वथा जितमाराय कुमाराय महात्मने
sarvajñānanidhe tubhyaṃ namaḥ sarvajñasūnave | sarvathā jitamārāya kumārāya mahātmane
あらゆる知の宝蔵なるあなたに礼拝します。全知者の御子に礼拝します。あらゆる仕方でマーラを打ち破った、大いなる魂のクマーラに礼拝します。
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Agastya offers prostration to Skanda depicted as radiant youthful deity, holding the śakti; around them appear symbolic ‘treasury of knowledge’ motifs—scrolls, lotuses, and a subdued figure of Māra at Skanda’s feet.
FAQs
The deity is revered as both wisdom itself and the conqueror of delusion, encouraging seekers to approach teachings with humility.
No specific tīrtha is named; it functions as a preface to Kāśī-related instruction.
Namaskāra (salutation) as a devotional act is implied.