Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
केन पश्यंत्यमुं लोकं निवसंति तथात्र के । इदमेवास्य किं रूपं किं चान्यच्च निवेद्यताम्
kena paśyaṃtyamuṃ lokaṃ nivasaṃti tathātra ke | idamevāsya kiṃ rūpaṃ kiṃ cānyacca nivedyatām
அந்த உலகம் எந்த வழியால் காணப்படுகிறது, அங்கே யார் வசிக்கின்றனர்? இதுவே அவரின் ஒரே உருவமா, அல்லது வேறொரு உருவமும் உள்ளதா? விளக்கமாகச் சொல்லுங்கள்.
Śivaśarmā (Vipra)
Tirtha: Yama-loka / Saṃyamanī context
Type: kshetra
Scene: The questioner points toward a vast otherworldly city/realm, asking how it is perceived and who resides there; attendants prepare to explain; Yama’s form appears ambiguous—half serene, half fearsome as a conceptual overlay.
FAQs
Scriptural inquiry seeks causes, means of perception, and the deeper truth behind appearances.
No tirtha is named in this verse; it continues a Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue that supports Kāśī’s dharmic teaching framework.
None; it requests doctrinal clarification.