स्कंद उवाच । मित्रावरुणसंभूत कथयामि कथामिमाम् । तत्याज च यथा स्थाणुः काशीं विध्युपरोधतः
skaṃda uvāca | mitrāvaruṇasaṃbhūta kathayāmi kathāmimām | tatyāja ca yathā sthāṇuḥ kāśīṃ vidhyuparodhataḥ
ஸ்கந்தன் கூறினான்—மித்ர-வருணரால் பிறந்தவனே! விந்திய மலைத் தடையால் ஸ்தாணு (சிவன்) காசியை எவ்வாறு ‘விட்டார்’ எனும் கதையை நான் சொல்கிறேன்।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) in relation to Vindhya episode
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Mitra-Varuṇa-sambhūta)
Scene: Skanda begins the tale, addressing Agastya as ‘Mitra-Varuṇa-born’. In the background, the Vindhya looms, swelling like a wall, symbolizing obstruction; Kāśī’s luminous presence remains implied as unextinguished.
Sacred-history narratives explain cosmic events while intensifying devotion to Kāśī as Śiva’s special domain.
Kāśī, presented within a mythic account involving Śiva and the Vindhya.
None; it is a narrative transition introducing the Vindhya-related episode.