Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
अन्यच्चात्रैव यद्वृत्तं तद्ब्रवीमि घटोद्भव । त्रिविष्टपस्य माहात्म्यं देव्यै देवेन भाषितम्
anyaccātraiva yadvṛttaṃ tadbravīmi ghaṭodbhava | triviṣṭapasya māhātmyaṃ devyai devena bhāṣitam
ਅਤੇ ਇੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਜੋ ਹੋਰ ਵ੍ਰਿਤਾਂਤ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ, ਉਹ ਮੈਂ ਦੱਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ, ਹੇ ਘਟੋਦਭਵ। ਤ੍ਰਿਵਿਸ਼ਟਪ ਦਾ ਮਹਾਤਮ੍ਯ, ਜੋ ਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਦੇਵੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਸੀ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Triviṣṭapa-māhātmya (as introduced; specific tīrtha name not yet stated in this verse)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Ghaṭodbhava)
Scene: Narrative frame: Skanda addresses Agastya; within the telling, a vision-like inset shows Śiva speaking to Devī about the greatness of Triviṣṭapa, with celestial architecture and devas listening.
FAQs
Kāśī’s sanctity is validated through divine testimony—Śiva himself teaches the māhātmya to Devī.
Triviṣṭapa (likely a named sacred locale/tīrtha within Kāśī), introduced for its māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed here; it serves as a narrative preface to the forthcoming māhātmya.