Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्य महर्षे त्वं कथ्यमानं मयाधुना । माधवेन यथाचक्षि मुनये चाग्निबिंदवे
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastya maharṣe tvaṃ kathyamānaṃ mayādhunā | mādhavena yathācakṣi munaye cāgnibiṃdave
സ്കന്ദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ മഹർഷി അഗസ്ത്യ, ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ പറയുന്നതു ശ്രവിക്കൂ; മാധവൻ മുനി അഗ്നിബിന്ദുവിനോട് പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നേ.
Skanda
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda, radiant and youthful, addresses Agastya with reverence; the scene is a teaching moment—Skanda as narrator, Agastya as attentive listener—set against an implied sacred landscape of Kāśī.
FAQs
Purāṇic teachings are preserved through an explicit lineage of narration, emphasizing accuracy and sacred authority.
Not specified in this verse; it introduces a discourse situated within Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s sacred topography.
Śravaṇa (listening) is implied: Agastya is instructed to listen attentively.