Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । निशामय महाप्राज्ञ शंभु प्रावेशिकीं कथाम् । त्रैलोक्यानंदजननीं महापातकतंकिनीम्
skaṃda uvāca | niśāmaya mahāprājña śaṃbhu prāveśikīṃ kathām | trailokyānaṃdajananīṃ mahāpātakataṃkinīm
Skanda disse: Escuta atentamente, ó grande sábio, o relato da entrada sagrada de Śambhu—que gera júbilo nos três mundos e faz tremer os grandes pecados.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahāprājña rishi (unnamed here)
Scene: Skanda as narrator addressing a great sage, introducing the awe-filled tale of Śambhu’s sacred entrance into Kāśī; the atmosphere is cosmic—three worlds rejoicing while dark personified sins recoil.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence is depicted as both bliss-giving and sin-destroying—devotion transforms the cosmos and the individual.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting frames Śambhu’s ‘entrance’ as a key event tied to Kāśī’s sanctity, though the precise locality is not named in this verse.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) is implied as the practice—hearing the kathā as a spiritually efficacious act.