Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
अन्यानाशु विधेहि त्वमृषीनार्त्विज्यकर्मणि । पुनर्जगाद देवीति श्रुत्वा शंभोरुदीरितम्
anyānāśu vidhehi tvamṛṣīnārtvijyakarmaṇi | punarjagāda devīti śrutvā śaṃbhorudīritam
“Segeralah lantik para ṛṣi yang lain untuk tugas-tugas kependetaan dalam yajña.” Setelah mendengar ucapan Śambhu demikian, Dewi pun menjawab sekali lagi.
Narrator (contextual) with Śiva’s instruction quoted
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (frame, not explicit)
Scene: Śaṃbhu issues a swift instruction to appoint other sages as priests; the Devī, having heard, prepares to respond—capturing a moment of ritual urgency and divine dialogue.
FAQs
Ritual dharma requires right functionaries; sacred acts proceed through proper, timely arrangement rather than personal insistence.
The passage belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa framework; it does not single out a named tīrtha in this verse.
Appointing other ṛṣis as ṛtviks (officiants) to carry out ārtvijya (priestly duties) in the yajña.