Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
स्कंद उवाच । सत्यमेतत्त्वया पृच्छि कथयामि मुने शृणु । तस्य व्यासस्य चरितं भविष्यं त्वयि पृच्छति
skaṃda uvāca | satyametattvayā pṛcchi kathayāmi mune śṛṇu | tasya vyāsasya caritaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ tvayi pṛcchati
स्कन्द उवाच—सत्यमेतत्त्वया पृष्टं कथयामि मुने शृणु। तस्य व्यासस्य चरितं तव प्रश्नानुसारतः प्रवक्ष्यामि॥
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda, composed and radiant, raises a hand in teaching gesture (vyākhyāna-mudrā), assuring Agastya and beginning the tale of Vyāsa; the scene conveys calm authority and impending revelation.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is transmitted through respectful questioning and authoritative narration within the guru–śiṣya dialogue.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it introduces the upcoming Kāśī-centered narrative about Vyāsa.
None; it is a narrative transition indicating an explanation will follow.