Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्य यथा पृच्छि भवता तद्ब्रवीम्यहम् । मंदराद्रिं यदा देवो गतवान्ब्रह्मगौरवात्
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastya yathā pṛcchi bhavatā tadbravīmyaham | maṃdarādriṃ yadā devo gatavānbrahmagauravāt
Skanda bersabda: “Dengarlah, wahai Agastya—sebagaimana engkau bertanya, demikian akan aku ceritakan. Ketika Tuhan pergi ke Gunung Mandara demi menghormati kemuliaan Brahmā…”
Skanda
Tirtha: Mandarādri (Mandara)
Type: peak
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda begins his reply to Agastya, promising to narrate; the story opens with the Lord going to Mount Mandara, motivated by respect for Brahmā’s honor.
FAQs
Even the supreme Lord models dharmic conduct—acting with honor and regard—while sacred history explains the unfolding of Kāśī’s tīrthas.
The narrative is within Kāśī’s māhātmya; this verse introduces Mandarādri as a related mythic location.
None; it is a narrative transition into the origin-story context.