Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
आरभ्याद्य दिनाद्भूप ब्राह्मणोऽष्टादशेहनि । उदीच्यः कश्चिदागत्य ध्रुवं त्वामुपदेक्ष्यति
ārabhyādya dinādbhūpa brāhmaṇo'ṣṭādaśehani | udīcyaḥ kaścidāgatya dhruvaṃ tvāmupadekṣyati
ഹേ രാജാവേ! ഇന്നുമുതൽ ആരംഭിച്ച് പതിനെട്ടാം ദിവസം വടക്കുദേശത്തുനിന്നൊരു ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ വന്ന് തീർച്ചയായും നിന്നെ ഉപദേശിക്കും.
Skanda (contextual)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhūpa (king)
Scene: A prophetic announcement in a royal setting: a king is told that on the eighteenth day a northern brāhmaṇa will arrive to instruct him; the scene shows a road leading into Kāśī, with a traveler-sage approaching, carrying a staff and waterpot.
FAQs
Dharma is preserved through timely upadeśa: the king’s path is guided by brāhmaṇic counsel and right instruction.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.
None; it foretells an upcoming teaching event.