Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
तवाग्रे च समाख्यातं शुकादीनां च सत्तम । इदानीं प्रष्टुकामोसि किं तत्पृच्छ वदामि ते
tavāgre ca samākhyātaṃ śukādīnāṃ ca sattama | idānīṃ praṣṭukāmosi kiṃ tatpṛccha vadāmi te
ໃນຕໍ່ໜ້າເຈົ້າ ແລະໃນຕໍ່ໜ້າຜູ້ປະເສີດເຊັ່ນ ຊູກະ ກໍໄດ້ເລົ່າແລ້ວ, ໂອ ຜູ້ດີເລີດ. ບັດນີ້ເຈົ້າປາດຖະນາຈະຖາມ; ຈົ່ງຖາມສິ່ງໃດກໍໄດ້ ແລ້ວຂ້າຈະຕອບໃຫ້.
Vyāsa (addressing Sūta; śuka-ādīnām referenced as prior audience)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary interlocutor (addressed as ‘sattama’), with Śuka and others present
Scene: A sage-speaker invites the noble listener to ask questions; Śuka and other eminent ṛṣis sit nearby, forming a luminous council of inquiry.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is transmitted through respectful dialogue—listening, questioning, and precise instruction.
The ongoing discourse pertains to Kāśī-māhātmya, though this verse highlights the pedagogical setting.
None; it is an invitation to ask questions for further teaching.