Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
योगिनीभिः किमाख्यायि गणाह्रीणाः किमब्रुवन् । एतदाख्याहि मे स्कंद महत्कौतूहलं मयि
yoginībhiḥ kimākhyāyi gaṇāhrīṇāḥ kimabruvan | etadākhyāhi me skaṃda mahatkautūhalaṃ mayi
ଯୋଗିନୀମାନେ କ’ଣ କହିଲେ, ଲଜ୍ଜିତ ଗଣମାନେ କ’ଣ ଉତ୍ତର ଦେଲେ? ହେ ସ୍କନ୍ଦ, ଏହା ମୋତେ କହ; ମୋ ମନେ ମହା କୌତୁହଳ ଜାଗିଛି।
Agastya
Tirtha: Upavārāṇasī (within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (to respond)
Scene: A sage, intent and curious, asks Skanda about what the Yoginīs recounted and what the bashful Gaṇas uttered; the setting suggests a sacred discourse in Kāśī’s atmosphere.
FAQs
Eagerness to hear sacred details is valued; even the attendants of Śiva (Gaṇas, Yoginīs) become vehicles of dharma-teaching in Purāṇic narrative.
Not explicit in the verse; it continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame that ultimately glorifies Kāśī.
None.