Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
सर्वज्ञाननिधे तुभ्यं नमः सर्वज्ञसूनवे । सर्वथा जितमाराय कुमाराय महात्मने
sarvajñānanidhe tubhyaṃ namaḥ sarvajñasūnave | sarvathā jitamārāya kumārāya mahātmane
សូមនមស្ការចំពោះព្រះអង្គ ជាឃ្លាំងនៃចំណេះដឹងទាំងអស់; សូមនមស្ការចំពោះព្រះបុត្រានៃព្រះសព្វជ្ញា; សូមនមស្ការចំពោះព្រះកុមារ មហាត្មា ដែលបានឈ្នះមារាគ្រប់វិធី។
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.