Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120
साधयिष्यामि वः कार्यं विसर्ज्येति दिवौकसः । पुनश्चिंतापरो भूत्वाऽगस्तिर्ध्यानपरोभवत्
sādhayiṣyāmi vaḥ kāryaṃ visarjyeti divaukasaḥ | punaściṃtāparo bhūtvā'gastirdhyānaparobhavat
അദ്ദേഹം ദേവവാസികളോട്—“നിങ്ങളുടെ കാര്യം ഞാൻ സാധിപ്പിക്കും; നിങ്ങൾ വിടപറയുക” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു; പിന്നെ വീണ്ടും ചിന്തയിൽ ലീനനായി അഗസ്ത്യൻ ഗാഢധ്യാനത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു।
Narrator (Vyāsa implied by nearby 'Vedavyāsa uvāca' at 121)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya audience)
Scene: Agastya, short-statured sage with matted hair and water-pot, addresses devas with calm authority, dismissing them after accepting the task; then he sits in padmāsana, eyes half-closed, entering deep meditation.
FAQs
Spiritual authority is shown as calm resolve: the sage accepts duty, then returns to inner contemplation and meditation.
The chapter belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the narrative is preserved within the Kāśī-centered sacred discourse.
No external ritual; the practice highlighted is dhyāna (meditation) as the sage’s response after undertaking a task.