Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
देव्युवाच । रहस्यं परमं काश्यां यदेतत्समुदीरितम् । तच्छ्रुत्वोत्सुकतां प्राप्तं मनो मेतीव वल्लभ
devyuvāca | rahasyaṃ paramaṃ kāśyāṃ yadetatsamudīritam | tacchrutvotsukatāṃ prāptaṃ mano metīva vallabha
ദേവി അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—പ്രിയനേ! കാശിയെക്കുറിച്ച് പ്രസ്താവിച്ച ഈ പരമ രഹസ്യം ശ്രവിച്ചതോടെ എന്റെ മനസ് അത്യന്തം ഉത്സുകതയിലായി।
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva
Scene: Devī, seated near Śiva in a serene assembly, expresses eager longing to hear the supreme secret of Kāśī; the atmosphere is intimate, scriptural, and contemplative.
FAQs
Sacred teachings about Kāśī are presented as a “supreme secret,” worthy of reverent curiosity and deeper inquiry.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), the foremost Śaiva sacred geography in this section of the Skanda Purāṇa.
No specific ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets the tone for further exposition.