Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
पितामहेन बहुधा वर्णितोसौ ममाग्रतः । शंकरोयमयं शभुरसौ पशुपतिः शिवः
pitāmahena bahudhā varṇitosau mamāgrataḥ | śaṃkaroyamayaṃ śabhurasau paśupatiḥ śivaḥ
“Di hadapanku, Sang Datuk Agung (Brahmā) telah menghuraikannya dengan pelbagai cara: ‘Inilah Śaṅkara; inilah Śambhu; Dialah Paśupati—Śiva sendiri.’”
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Satī
Scene: Brahmā (Pitāmaha) is envisioned instructing Dakṣa, enumerating Śiva’s names; the names appear like a garland of syllables around a central Śiva-liṅga or Śiva form, indicating many descriptions of one deity.
FAQs
Śiva’s many names indicate one Supreme reality known through diverse attributes and cosmic roles.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa milieu underlies the passage, but no particular tīrtha is singled out in this verse.
None; it is identification and praise of Śiva through epithets.