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
ស្កន្ទៈមានព្រះវាចា៖ សូមស្តាប់ដោយចិត្តប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន ឱ មុនីមហាភាគ មૈត្រាវរុណ (អគស្ត្យ)។ ចូរស្តាប់ថា មុនីវរៈ បារាសារយ (វ្យាស) នឹងជួបប្រទះមោហៈយ៉ាងដូចម្តេច។
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.