Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
अगस्तिरुवाच । प्रसन्नोसि यदि स्कंद मयि प्रीतिरनुत्तमा । तत्समाचक्ष्व भगवंश्चिरं यन्मे हृदिस्थितम्
agastiruvāca | prasannosi yadi skaṃda mayi prītiranuttamā | tatsamācakṣva bhagavaṃściraṃ yanme hṛdisthitam
ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಹೇ ಸ್ಕಂದ, ನೀನು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲಿನ ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಅನುತ್ತಮವಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ, ಹೇ ಭಗವನ್, ದೀರ್ಘಕಾಲದಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಹೇಳು.
Agastya
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Sage Agastya, seated with matted locks and waterpot, addresses six-faced Skanda with folded hands; the setting suggests an āśrama near sacred Kāśī, with attentive sages around, signaling the start of a new teaching cycle.
FAQs
It models the Purāṇic method of transmission: sincere inquiry by a sage and compassionate instruction by the divine teacher.
Not directly in this verse; it serves as a transition into further Kāśī/Avimukta-related teaching.
None; it is a dialogic invocation requesting exposition.