Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 30
स्कंद उवाच । शंकुकर्णे महाकाले चिरंतन विलंबिते । ज्ञात्वा सर्वज्ञनाथोथ प्राहैपीदपरौ गणौ
skaṃda uvāca | śaṃkukarṇe mahākāle ciraṃtana vilaṃbite | jñātvā sarvajñanāthotha prāhaipīdaparau gaṇau
स्कन्द उवाच—शङ्कुकर्णे महाकाले चिरं विलम्बिते सति, सर्वज्ञनाथः सर्वं ज्ञात्वा तौ परौ गणौ प्राह।
Skanda (explicit)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Śiva, the all-knowing Lord, perceives the prolonged delay of two gaṇas and prepares to dispatch other attendants; a celestial court atmosphere with gaṇas awaiting command.
FAQs
Divine purpose operates through Śiva’s attendants; delays themselves become part of Kāśī’s sacred unfolding.
Kāśī broadly, with focus on the Śaṃkukarṇa and Mahākāla sacred complex/tradition.
None directly; this verse sets narrative context for subsequent actions.