Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
आकारेणैव सर्वज्ञस्तद्वृत्तांतं विवेद ह । अवादीच्च मुनिं शंभुः कुतो मौनावलंबनम्
ākāreṇaiva sarvajñastadvṛttāṃtaṃ viveda ha | avādīcca muniṃ śaṃbhuḥ kuto maunāvalaṃbanam
സർവ്വജ്ഞനായ പ്രഭു അവന്റെ ഭാവഭംഗിയാൽ തന്നേ മുഴുവൻ വൃത്താന്തവും അറിഞ്ഞു. ശംഭു മുനിയോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“നീ മൗനത്തെ എന്തിന് ആശ്രയിക്കുന്നു?”
Skanda (narration) / Śiva (direct speech in second hemistich)
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Śiva, serene and all-knowing, looks at Nārada and gently questions him; Nārada sits quietly, eyes lowered; the moment captures omniscience meeting human hesitation.
FAQs
The Lord perceives the devotee’s inner state without being told; divine omniscience invites honest dialogue rather than hidden hesitation.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supports Kāśī’s Śaiva theological mood—Śiva as the knower of all.
None; it is a teaching moment within a dialogue.