Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
अन्यदापि न वै कार्या भवता शेमुषीदृशी । पाराशर्य इति श्रुत्वा संज्ञया व्याजहार ह
anyadāpi na vai kāryā bhavatā śemuṣīdṛśī | pārāśarya iti śrutvā saṃjñayā vyājahāra ha
“ഇനി ഒരിക്കലും നിനക്കു ഇത്തരമൊരു ധാരണ ഉണ്ടാകരുത്. ‘പാരാശര്യാ!’ എന്നു കേട്ടപ്പോൾ അവൻ സംജ്ഞയാൽ മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു.”
Viṣṇu (first sentence); Narrator (second sentence describing the response)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sages/seekers in the frame
Scene: Vyāsa, addressed as Pārāśarya, gives a silent sign of assent—head bow or añjali—signifying acceptance and resolve not to repeat the error; the atmosphere settles into calm.
FAQs
Spiritual maturity includes accepting correction and abandoning mistaken views; humility is shown even through silent acknowledgement.
The teaching serves Kāśī’s māhātmya by safeguarding correct understanding of the Lord of the sacred field (kṣetra).
Implicitly, it reinforces the prior injunction to perform stuti of Śambhu; this verse itself adds a prohibition against repeating the mistaken view.