Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । शृणुष्व मैत्रावरुणे पुराकल्पे रथंतरे । इतिहास इहासीद्यः पीठे विरजसंज्ञिते
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇuṣva maitrāvaruṇe purākalpe rathaṃtare | itihāsa ihāsīdyaḥ pīṭhe virajasaṃjñite
स्कन्द उवाच—शृणुष्व, हे मैत्रावरुण! पुराकल्पे रथन्तरे, विरजासंज्ञितेऽस्मिन् पीठे यः प्राचीन इतिहास आसीत्, तं वक्ष्यामि।
Skanda
Tirtha: Virajā-pīṭha (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maitrāvaruṇa
Scene: Skanda as narrator addressing Maitrāvaruṇa, pointing to a specific seat (Virajā-pīṭha) in Kāśī; the scene is a calm, instructive opening to an ancient episode.
FAQs
Sacred places in Kāśī are framed through timeless kalpa-based tradition, grounding faith in ancient testimony.
Viraja Pīṭha, introduced as the setting for the forthcoming itihāsa in Kāśī.
None; the verse initiates narration and establishes listener, time-frame, and sacred location.