तदेतत्क्षेत्रमापूर्य स्थितं सर्वगमप्यहो । किमन्यत्र न शक्तोसौ जंतून्मोचयितुं भवात्
tadetatkṣetramāpūrya sthitaṃ sarvagamapyaho | kimanyatra na śaktosau jaṃtūnmocayituṃ bhavāt
Yaon ay nananatili rito, pinupuno ang banal na kṣetra, bagaman Siya’y laganap sa lahat. Kung gayon, bakit nga hindi Niya kayang sa ibang dako’y palayain ang mga nilalang mula sa pag-iral sa daigdig?
Skanda (continuing instruction to Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A contemplative ‘question’ moment: Skanda indicates the kṣetra filled with the Supreme; sages show inquisitive expressions; background shows Kāśī’s sacred field as a luminous mandala overlaying the city/river, suggesting omnipresence concentrated.
It raises the theological question behind kṣetra-māhātmya: how a universal Divine is specially accessible in a holy place.
Avimukta-kṣetra within Kāśī is implied as the ‘kṣetra’ uniquely associated with liberation.
None; it introduces a doctrinal inquiry that the subsequent verses address.