Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
स्कंद उवाच । एकदा तत्र यद्वृत्तं ज्येष्ठस्थाने महामुने । तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वाघविनाशनम्
skaṃda uvāca | ekadā tatra yadvṛttaṃ jyeṣṭhasthāne mahāmune | tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvāghavināśanam
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Skanda
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭhasthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahāmune (great sage)
Scene: Skanda as narrator addressing a great sage in an āśrama-like setting, gesturing toward the sacred geography of Kāśī; the moment is the formal opening of a sin-destroying tale.
FAQs
Hearing sacred history (māhātmya-kathā) of Kāśī is itself a purifier and a dharmic practice.
Jyeṣṭhasthāna in Kāśī, introduced as the setting for a sin-destroying episode.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) is implied as meritorious, described as āgha-vināśana (sin-destroying).