Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
श्रुत्वार्तनादमिति विश्वनरोपि मोहं हित्वोत्थितः किमिति किंत्विति किंकिमेतत् । उच्चैर्वदन्गृहपतिः क्व समे बहिस्थः प्राणोंतरात्मनिलयः सकलेंद्रियेशः
śrutvārtanādamiti viśvanaropi mohaṃ hitvotthitaḥ kimiti kiṃtviti kiṃkimetat | uccairvadangṛhapatiḥ kva same bahisthaḥ prāṇoṃtarātmanilayaḥ sakaleṃdriyeśaḥ
तो आर्तनाद ऐकून विश्वनरही मोह टाकून क्षणात उठला—“हे काय? का असे? हे नेमके काय घडले?” असे म्हणत. गृहपति मोठ्याने बोलला—“तो कुठे आहे—बाहेर, समभूमीवर? जो प्राणस्वरूप, अंतरात्म्यात निवास करणारा, सर्व इंद्रियांचा अधीश्वर आहे।”
Narrator (within Skanda–Agastya dialogue context)
Scene: A startled house-lord rises from stupor at a piercing cry, hands lifted in alarm; behind him a dim interior; outside suggested as a threshold; a subtle halo indicates the ‘inner Self’ theme.
FAQs
Awakening from delusion begins with attentive hearing and urgent inquiry, turning the mind toward the indwelling Lord.
The chapter sits in the Kāśī-māhātmya stream of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative dialogue.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes awakening, inquiry, and recognition of the inner ruler.