Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
अगस्तिरुवाच । मथुरायां द्विजः कश्चिदभूद्भूदेवसत्तमः । तस्य पुत्रो महातेजाः शिवशर्मेति विश्रुतः
agastiruvāca | mathurāyāṃ dvijaḥ kaścidabhūdbhūdevasattamaḥ | tasya putro mahātejāḥ śivaśarmeti viśrutaḥ
ଅଗସ୍ତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ—ମଥୁରାରେ ଜଣେ ଦ୍ୱିଜ ଥିଲେ, ଯିଏ ଭୂଦେବ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ। ତାଙ୍କର ମହାତେଜସ୍ବୀ ପୁତ୍ର ‘ଶିବଶର୍ମା’ ନାମରେ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ଥିଲେ।
Agastya
Tirtha: Mathurā
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Agastya ṛṣi speaks, introducing a venerable brāhmaṇa of Mathurā and his radiant son Śivaśarmā; the scene is a calm storytelling moment, with Mathurā’s temple silhouettes and Yamunā ambience suggested in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching often begins with exemplary lives; here the stage is set for a learned lineage that will be redirected toward higher devotion and liberation.
Mathurā is named as the setting; the broader Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically orients the narrative toward Kāśī’s liberating greatness.
None in this verse; it introduces characters and location.