Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
योगिनीभिः किमाख्यायि गणाह्रीणाः किमब्रुवन् । एतदाख्याहि मे स्कंद महत्कौतूहलं मयि
yoginībhiḥ kimākhyāyi gaṇāhrīṇāḥ kimabruvan | etadākhyāhi me skaṃda mahatkautūhalaṃ mayi
योगिनीभिः किं कथितं, गणैः लज्जितैः किं चोक्तम्? एतन्मे स्कन्द कथय; मम महत्कौतूहलं समुत्पन्नम्।
Agastya
Tirtha: Upavārāṇasī (within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (to respond)
Scene: A sage, intent and curious, asks Skanda about what the Yoginīs recounted and what the bashful Gaṇas uttered; the setting suggests a sacred discourse in Kāśī’s atmosphere.
FAQs
Eagerness to hear sacred details is valued; even the attendants of Śiva (Gaṇas, Yoginīs) become vehicles of dharma-teaching in Purāṇic narrative.
Not explicit in the verse; it continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame that ultimately glorifies Kāśī.
None.