Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
तं निवार्य तदा ब्रह्मा तारां पप्रच्छ संशयम् । प्रोवाच प्रांजलिः सा तं सोमस्येति पितामहम्
taṃ nivārya tadā brahmā tārāṃ papraccha saṃśayam | provāca prāṃjaliḥ sā taṃ somasyeti pitāmaham
त्याला आवरून ब्रह्मदेवांनी मग संशय दूर करण्यासाठी तारेला विचारले। तिने हात जोडून पितामह ब्रह्माला उत्तर दिले—“(हा बालक) सोमाचा आहे।”
Skanda (to Agastya, deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Brahmā steps between Kumāra and Tārā, calming the moment; he questions her; Tārā, hands folded, confesses the truth—Soma is the father; the deva-assembly watches as doubt dissolves.
FAQs
Doubt is resolved through truthful confession; humility (prāñjali) restores order.
Kāśī is the larger sacred frame; this verse supplies the backstory that culminates in Kāśī-based liṅga worship.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on dharmic inquiry and truthful speech.