Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
मृडस्याम्रोडितमिदं प्रत्यभिज्ञाय भाषितम् । उन्मीलित दृगंभोजः समुत्तस्थौ चतुर्भुजः
mṛḍasyāmroḍitamidaṃ pratyabhijñāya bhāṣitam | unmīlita dṛgaṃbhojaḥ samuttasthau caturbhujaḥ
മൃഡൻ (ശിവൻ) ഉച്ചരിച്ച ഈ വചനങ്ങൾ തിരിച്ചറിഞ്ഞ്, ചതുര്ഭുജനായ പ്രഭു താമരപോലെയുള്ള കണ്ണുകൾ തുറന്ന് എഴുന്നേറ്റു।
Skanda (narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary interlocutors within the episode: Śiva and Viṣṇu
Scene: A four-armed Viṣṇu, eyes like newly opened lotuses, rises in response to Śiva’s words; the atmosphere is solemn, luminous, and devotional, suggesting a sacred dialogue in Kāśī’s sanctified space.
FAQs
Spiritual absorption is balanced by responsiveness to divine instruction—samādhi yields to dharma-filled dialogue.
Cakra-puṣkariṇī in Kāśī remains the implied locus of the event.
None explicitly; the verse depicts the transition from tapas (eyes closed) to receiving grace (rising to speak).