अगस्त्य उवाच । त्रिलोचनं समासाद्य देवदेवः षडाननः । जगदंबिकयायुक्तः किं चकाराशु तद्वद
agastya uvāca | trilocanaṃ samāsādya devadevaḥ ṣaḍānanaḥ | jagadaṃbikayāyuktaḥ kiṃ cakārāśu tadvada
அகஸ்தியர் கூறினார்—திரிலோசனனை அணுகி, ஜகதம்பிகையுடன் கூடிய தேவர்களின் தேவன் ஆறுமுகன் உடனே என்ன செய்தான்? அதைச் சொல்லுங்கள்।
Agastya
Tirtha: Trilocana Liṅga (Trilocaneśvara)
Type: temple
Listener: Skanda (as respondent)
Scene: Agastya, the pot-born sage, asks with folded hands; in a vision-like panel, Skanda with six faces approaches the Trilocana Liṅga, accompanied by the Goddess (Jagadambikā).
Sacred history is transmitted through humble inquiry; the sage requests the māhātmya of a holy presence in Kāśī.
Trilocana in the Kāśī sacred landscape (later identified as a liṅga/holy locus).
None explicitly—this verse initiates the inquiry that frames the forthcoming māhātmya.