Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । शृणु सूत प्रवक्ष्यामि कथां कलशजन्मनः । यामाकर्ण्य नरो भूयाद्विरजा ज्ञानभाजनम्
vyāsa uvāca | śṛṇu sūta pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ kalaśajanmanaḥ | yāmākarṇya naro bhūyādvirajā jñānabhājanam
व्यास म्हणाले—हे सूत, ऐक; मी कलशजन्मा (अगस्त्य) यांची कथा सांगतो. ती ऐकल्याने मनुष्य निर्मळ होऊन सत्यज्ञानाचा पात्र होतो।
Vyāsa
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Frame dialogue: Vyāsa addresses Sūta, announcing the Agastya story; a hermitage setting with manuscripts, kusa grass seats, and attentive assembly.
FAQs
Purāṇic listening (kathā-śravaṇa) purifies the listener and prepares the mind as a vessel for liberating knowledge.
The immediate site is not named in this verse; it introduces a Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative that unfolds within Kāśī’s sacred landscape.
The implied sādhana is attentive listening to the kathā; no dāna, snāna, or vrata is specified here.