Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
इति सर्वं मम पुरः प्रसादाद्वक्तुमर्हतम् । इति तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य गणावूचतुरादरात्
iti sarvaṃ mama puraḥ prasādādvaktumarhatam | iti tadvākyamākarṇya gaṇāvūcaturādarāt
‘ஆகையால் கருணையால் இவை அனைத்தையும் என் முன்னிலையில் கூற வேண்டும்.’ இவ்வார்த்தைகளை கேட்டதும் அந்த இரு கணர்கள் மரியாதையுடன் பதிலளித்தனர்।
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience within frame; immediate participants: Śivaśarman and two gaṇas
Scene: The seeker requests a full explanation ‘before me’; the attendants turn slightly toward him, poised to speak, hands in a respectful gesture; the moment is a calm narrative hinge.
FAQs
Grace (prasāda) and respectful listening open the way for authoritative instruction on liberation.
No site is directly mentioned; the verse transitions into the explanation that supports Kāśī’s Mahātmya.
None.