Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
अनादिसिद्धे संसारे पुरा देवयुगे मुने । प्राप्तः कुतश्चिदीशानश्चरन्स्वैरमितस्ततः
anādisiddhe saṃsāre purā devayuge mune | prāptaḥ kutaścidīśānaścaransvairamitastataḥ
Wahai muni, dalam alam saṃsāra yang tiada bermula dan telah teguh sejak azali, pada zaman purba para dewa, Īśāna datang entah dari mana, lalu mengembara bebas ke sana sini.
Skanda
Tirtha: Jñānavāpī (origin narrative context)
Type: kund
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A mythic prologue: Īśāna (Śiva in a specific aspect) wanders freely in the ancient deva-age across a primordial landscape, foreshadowing the establishment of a sacred water-site.
FAQs
Sacred places are introduced through divine movement and intention—Śiva’s presence initiates the unfolding of tīrtha origins.
The verse begins the origin account leading to Jñānavāpī/Skanda-Jñānoda Tīrtha in Kāśī, though the site is not named in this line.
None; it is narrative setup for the tīrtha’s samutpatti (origin).