Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
स्कंद उवाच । कलशोद्भव चित्रार्थमितिहासं पुरातनम् । ज्ञानवाप्यां हि यद्वृत्तं तदाख्यामि निशामय
skaṃda uvāca | kalaśodbhava citrārthamitihāsaṃ purātanam | jñānavāpyāṃ hi yadvṛttaṃ tadākhyāmi niśāmaya
ஸ்கந்தன் கூறினான்— ‘ஓ கலசோத்பவா! கேள். ஞானவாபியில் நிகழ்ந்த பழமையான, வியப்பூட்டும் வரலாற்றை நான் உரைக்கிறேன்।’
Skanda
Tirtha: Jñānavāpī
Type: kund
Listener: Kalaśodbhava (Agastya)
Scene: Skanda addresses Kalaśodbhava (Agastya), beginning a wondrous ancient account about Jñānavāpī; the setting suggests an āśrama or sacred assembly, with a mental ‘cutaway’ to the well in Kāśī.
FAQs
Purāṇic sacred geography is preserved through itihāsa—listening with attention is itself a dharmic gateway to understanding a tīrtha’s greatness.
Jñānavāpī (the ‘Well of Knowledge’) in Kāśī, introduced as the setting of an ancient sacred narrative.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) to the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.