Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
हरिरुवाच । भालनेत्रसमाख्याहि कथं निर्वाणमंडपः । तथा ख्यातिमसौ गंता यथा देवेन भाषितम्
hariruvāca | bhālanetrasamākhyāhi kathaṃ nirvāṇamaṃḍapaḥ | tathā khyātimasau gaṃtā yathā devena bhāṣitam
హరి అన్నాడు— ‘నిర్వాణ-మంటపం “భాలనేత్ర” అనే పేరుతో ఎలా ప్రసిద్ధి చెందింది? దేవుడు చెప్పినట్లే ఆ ఖ్యాతిని అది ఎలా పొందుతుంది?’
Hari
Tirtha: Nirvāṇa-maṇḍapa / Bhālanetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devadeva (Śiva)
Scene: A conversational scene: Hari asks Devadeva about a pavilion by the Ganga. The Nirvāṇa-maṇḍapa stands behind them, and above it a subtle emblem of Śiva’s third eye (forehead-eye) radiates, foreshadowing the explanation of ‘Bhālanetra.’
FAQs
Sacred place-names in Kāśī are not arbitrary; they encode divine events and teachings that later become widely renowned.
The Nirvāṇa-maṇḍapa, also known as Bhālanetra, in the Kāśī kṣetra tradition.
None; the verse is a question initiating an explanatory narrative.