Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
वेदाविदुर्यदाकारं नैवोपनिषदोदितम् । ब्रह्माद्या न च गीर्वाणाश्चक्रे नेत्रातिथिं सतम्
vedāviduryadākāraṃ naivopaniṣadoditam | brahmādyā na ca gīrvāṇāścakre netrātithiṃ satam
यद्रूपं वेदा अपि न सम्यग्विदुः, यच्चोपनिषदोऽपि न सम्यगुदितवन्त्यः। तद्रूपं ब्रह्मादयः सुराः, गीर्वाणगणाश्च, नेत्रातिथिं चिरं कर्तुं न शेकुः—नित्यं प्रत्यक्षतया ग्रहीतुं न शक्यते।
Narrator (contextual, prior to Agnibiṃdu’s direct speech)
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame; chapter-level context)
Scene: A luminous, partially veiled divine presence—suggested rather than fully outlined—while Vedic seers and devas stand in awe, unable to ‘fix’ the form; the atmosphere is of radiant mystery.
FAQs
The Supreme is ultimately beyond conceptual knowledge; devotion (bhakti) becomes the truest approach when words and scriptures reach their limit.
The wider context is Kāśīkhaṇḍa; the immediate scene later centers on Pañcanadā, a sacred area associated with worship in the Kāśī region.
None explicitly; the verse emphasizes theological transcendence rather than a specific rite.