Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
अनुग्रहो यदि मयि योग्योस्मि श्रवणे यदि । तदा कथय मे नाथ काश्यां भैरव संकथाम्
anugraho yadi mayi yogyosmi śravaṇe yadi | tadā kathaya me nātha kāśyāṃ bhairava saṃkathām
ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅನುಗ್ರಹವಿದ್ದರೆ, ನಾನು ಶ್ರವಣಕ್ಕೆ ಯೋಗ್ಯನಾದರೆ, ಹೇ ನಾಥ, ಕಾಶಿಯಲ್ಲಿನ ಭೈರವನ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ನನಗೆ ಹೇಳಿರಿ।
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī Bhairava (Kāla-bhairava) tradition
Type: temple
Listener: Narrator of Kāśī-khaṇḍa discourse
Scene: Agastya bows and requests the Bhairava narrative of Kāśī; the narrator sits poised to speak, with a subtle shadowy-luminous suggestion of Bhairava’s presence—trident, dog emblem, and protective aura hinted in the background.
FAQs
Spiritual knowledge is sought with humility and readiness; grace and eligibility (yogyatā) are honored in sacred learning.
Kāśī, specifically through the topic of Bhairava’s presence and significance there.
No explicit ritual; the verse frames śravaṇa and inquiry as preparatory devotional acts.