Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120
साधयिष्यामि वः कार्यं विसर्ज्येति दिवौकसः । पुनश्चिंतापरो भूत्वाऽगस्तिर्ध्यानपरोभवत्
sādhayiṣyāmi vaḥ kāryaṃ visarjyeti divaukasaḥ | punaściṃtāparo bhūtvā'gastirdhyānaparobhavat
दिवौकसः प्रति—“वः कार्यं साधयिष्यामि, विसर्ज्यत” इति उक्त्वा; पुनश्चिन्तापरो भूत्वा अगस्तिर्ध्यानपरोऽभवत्।
Narrator (Vyāsa implied by nearby 'Vedavyāsa uvāca' at 121)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya audience)
Scene: Agastya, short-statured sage with matted hair and water-pot, addresses devas with calm authority, dismissing them after accepting the task; then he sits in padmāsana, eyes half-closed, entering deep meditation.
FAQs
Spiritual authority is shown as calm resolve: the sage accepts duty, then returns to inner contemplation and meditation.
The chapter belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the narrative is preserved within the Kāśī-centered sacred discourse.
No external ritual; the practice highlighted is dhyāna (meditation) as the sage’s response after undertaking a task.