Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
यद्वृत्तं काशिराजस्य भार्याया द्विजसत्तमाः । यच्च प्रोक्तं पुरा लक्ष्म्या विष्णवे परिपृष्टया
yadvṛttaṃ kāśirājasya bhāryāyā dvijasattamāḥ | yacca proktaṃ purā lakṣmyā viṣṇave paripṛṣṭayā
ดูก่อนท่านพราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ ข้าพเจ้าจักกล่าวเหตุการณ์เกี่ยวกับพระมเหสีแห่งกษัตริย์กาศี และถ้อยคำที่พระลักษมีเคยกราบทูลพระวิษณุเมื่อทรงไต่ถามในกาลก่อน
Narrator (introducing Lakṣmī’s speech)
Tirtha: Kāśī-Gaṅgā-tīra (contextual frame; specific Nāgara tīrtha likely introduced later in the chapter)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (dvija-sattamāḥ)
Scene: A sage-like narrator addresses assembled brāhmaṇas; the scene shifts to a divine court where Lakṣmī recounts an ancient episode to Viṣṇu, establishing the authority of the forthcoming tīrtha story.
FAQs
Purāṇic tīrtha teachings are often transmitted through exemplary stories linking kingship, devotion, and divine instruction.
Kāśī is referenced as the royal setting; the narrative supports the tīrtha-mahātmya being taught.
No direct prescription here; it introduces a dialogue-based legend that contextualizes worship practices.