Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
अधिष्ठाता मया ख्यातस्तथाधिष्ठातृ चेष्टितम् । अपूर्वं यत्त्वयापृष्टं तदाख्यामि च तच्छृणु
adhiṣṭhātā mayā khyātastathādhiṣṭhātṛ ceṣṭitam | apūrvaṃ yattvayāpṛṣṭaṃ tadākhyāmi ca tacchṛṇu
അധിഷ്ഠാതാ പ്രഭുവിനെ ഞാൻ വിവരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്; അധിഷ്ഠാതാവിന്റെ പ്രവർത്തനരീതിയും. നീ ചോദിച്ച അപൂർവമായ കാര്യം ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു—ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ കേൾക്കുക.
Skanda (contextual attribution)
Scene: A narrator-sage seated on a raised seat, turning to the listener with a palm raised in assurance, indicating he will reveal an uncommon teaching; manuscripts and ritual vessels nearby.
FAQs
Sacred teachings unfold progressively: first the Lord, then His workings; rare questions deserve attentive listening and disciplined inquiry.
The discourse belongs to Kāśī’s glorification in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though no single tirtha is named in this verse.
No ritual; it is an instruction to listen (śravaṇa) as a spiritual discipline.