Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
स्कंद उवाच । इत्थं निशम्य शिवतः शिवा संतुष्टमानसा । पुनः पप्रच्छ विश्वेशं प्रबद्धकरसंपुटा
skaṃda uvāca | itthaṃ niśamya śivataḥ śivā saṃtuṣṭamānasā | punaḥ papraccha viśveśaṃ prabaddhakarasaṃpuṭā
स्कन्द उवाच—इति शिववचनं श्रुत्वा शिवा प्रसन्नमानसा । पुनर्विश्वेश्वरं प्राञ्जलिः प्रबद्धकरसंपुटा पप्रच्छ ॥
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (Implied) sages/recipients of Skanda’s narration
Scene: Pārvatī, serene and satisfied after hearing Śiva, again raises a question to Viśveśvara with palms joined; Śiva sits as the cosmic teacher in a Kāśī setting.
FAQs
Sacred teaching is transmitted through reverent inquiry—devotion and humility are presented as the proper approach to dharma.
Kāśī through the epithet Viśveśa/Viśveśvara, a principal name of Śiva in Vārāṇasī.
No ritual is prescribed; it marks a narrative transition into further instruction.