Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
श्रुत्वार्तनादमिति विश्वनरोपि मोहं हित्वोत्थितः किमिति किंत्विति किंकिमेतत् । उच्चैर्वदन्गृहपतिः क्व समे बहिस्थः प्राणोंतरात्मनिलयः सकलेंद्रियेशः
śrutvārtanādamiti viśvanaropi mohaṃ hitvotthitaḥ kimiti kiṃtviti kiṃkimetat | uccairvadangṛhapatiḥ kva same bahisthaḥ prāṇoṃtarātmanilayaḥ sakaleṃdriyeśaḥ
ಆ ಆర్తನಾದವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ವಿಶ್ವನರವೂ ಮೋಹವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಎದ್ದು—“ಇದು ಏನು? ಏಕೆ? ಏನಾಗಿದೆ?” ಎಂದು ಕೂಗಿದ. ಗೃಹಪತಿ ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿದ—“ಅವನು ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ—ಹೊರಗೆ ಸಮತಲದಲ್ಲೇ? ಯಾರು ಪ್ರಾಣಸ್ವರೂಪ, ಅಂತರಾತ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿವಾಸಿ, ಸಮಸ್ತ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳ ಅಧೀಶ್ವರನೋ.”
Narrator (within Skanda–Agastya dialogue context)
Scene: A startled house-lord rises from stupor at a piercing cry, hands lifted in alarm; behind him a dim interior; outside suggested as a threshold; a subtle halo indicates the ‘inner Self’ theme.
FAQs
Awakening from delusion begins with attentive hearing and urgent inquiry, turning the mind toward the indwelling Lord.
The chapter sits in the Kāśī-māhātmya stream of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative dialogue.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes awakening, inquiry, and recognition of the inner ruler.