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
អគស្ត្យៈបាននិយាយថា៖ ឱ ព្រះបុត្រនៃព្រះបារវតី សូមពោលឡើងវិញដោយពេញលេញអំពីទន្លេសួគ៌ គង្គា—ថា នៅពេលនោះ ព្រះទេវទេវៈបានប្រកាសមហិមារបស់នាងដល់ព្រះហរិយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច។
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.