Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
लोमशो लोमचरणो भरद्वाजोथ गौतमः । भृगुस्तु गालवो गर्गो जातूकर्ण्यः पराशरः
lomaśo lomacaraṇo bharadvājotha gautamaḥ | bhṛgustu gālavo gargo jātūkarṇyaḥ parāśaraḥ
लोमशो लोमचरणो भरद्वाजोऽथ गौतमः; भृगुर्गालवो गर्गो जातूकर्ण्यः पराशरः—एतेऽपि मुनयस्तत्र समागताः।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sage-audience (implied)
Scene: An expanded council of sages: some elderly, some youthful; each with distinct attributes—staff, water-pot, rosary, manuscripts—seated in attentive stillness as if awaiting a sacred proclamation about Kāśī.
FAQs
When many realized sages gather around a sacred center, it signifies that the place is a living seat of dharma and spiritual power.
Kāśī, as the meeting-ground of renowned ṛṣis.
No direct prescription; it continues the enumeration of holy participants.