Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
अद्यास्य बलमालोक्यमिति ध्यात्वाब्रवीन्मुनिः । सत्यमुक्तं हि भवता गि रिसारंविवृण्वता
adyāsya balamālokyamiti dhyātvābravīnmuniḥ | satyamuktaṃ hi bhavatā gi risāraṃvivṛṇvatā
“ഇന്ന് അവന്റെ ബലം നോക്കാം” എന്നു ധ്യാനിച്ച് മുനി പറഞ്ഞു: “പർവതങ്ങളുടെ സാരം തുറന്നു പറയുമ്പോൾ നിങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞത് തീർച്ചയായും സത്യമാണ്।”
A Muni (sage) addressing Vindhya (deduced from surrounding verses)
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (frame implied)
Scene: A sage, after inward reflection, speaks to another figure, acknowledging the truth of his exposition on the ‘essence of mountains’.
FAQs
True evaluation of greatness requires discernment; even correct speech must align with dharma and humility.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it sits within the Kāśī-māhātmya narrative frame.
None; the verse is conversational and evaluative.