Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
शिवशर्मोवाच । कोसौ शुक्र इति ख्यातो यस्यायं लोक उत्तमः । कथं तेन च विद्याप्ता मृत्युसंजीवनी हरात्
śivaśarmovāca | kosau śukra iti khyāto yasyāyaṃ loka uttamaḥ | kathaṃ tena ca vidyāptā mṛtyusaṃjīvanī harāt
शिवशर्मा म्हणाला— ‘शुक्र’ म्हणून प्रसिद्ध तो कोण, ज्याचा हा उत्तम लोक आहे? आणि त्याने हर (शिव) कडून मृत्युसंजीविनी विद्या कशी मिळवली?
Śivaśarman
Tirtha: Kāśī (implicit narrative kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Gaṇas
Scene: Śivaśarman, composed and attentive, asks the Gaṇas about Śukra and the origin of the Mṛtyu-saṃjīvinī from Śiva; the scene is calm, with a sense of impending revelation.
FAQs
Reverent questioning is the gateway to sacred history and the deeper meaning of divine boons.
No specific tīrtha; the focus is Śukra-loka and the Śaiva source of the vidyā.
None; it is a formal inquiry that sets up the forthcoming kathā.