Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
कोसौ भैरवनामात्र काशिपुर्यां व्यवस्थितः । किं रूपमस्य किं कर्म कानि नामानि चास्य वै
kosau bhairavanāmātra kāśipuryāṃ vyavasthitaḥ | kiṃ rūpamasya kiṃ karma kāni nāmāni cāsya vai
Siapakah Bhairava itu yang bersemayam di kota Kāśī? Bagaimanakah rupanya, apakah tugas-lilanya, dan apakah nama-namanya yang sesungguhnya?
Agastya
Tirtha: Bhairava in Kāśī (Kāla Bhairava as principal)
Type: temple
Listener: Narrator of the Kāśī discourse
Scene: A questioning tableau: Agastya gestures with three fingers as if enumerating—form, function, names—while the narrator prepares to reveal Bhairava’s iconography; behind them, a shrine doorway with a trident and a dog motif suggests the guardian’s presence.
FAQs
True devotion seeks clarity—understanding a deity’s form, names, and function deepens right worship and reverence.
Kāśīpurī, as the abode where Bhairava is especially established.
None directly; it initiates doctrinal and devotional inquiry into Bhairava worship in Kāśī.