Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
एतत्ते पृच्छतः ख्यातं विनता दास्यकारणम् । मुने प्रसंगतो वच्मि अरुणादित्यसंभवम्
etatte pṛcchataḥ khyātaṃ vinatā dāsyakāraṇam | mune prasaṃgato vacmi aruṇādityasaṃbhavam
O muni, yamang nagtatanong ka, naipahayag ko ang tanyag na sanhi ng pagkaalipin ni Vinatā. Ngayon, ayon sa pagkakasunod, isasalaysay ko ang kasaysayan ni Aruṇa at ang paglitaw ni Aruṇāditya.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue style, Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (sage)
Scene: A sage is addressed by the narrator; the story pivots from Vinatā’s servitude to the forthcoming account of Aruṇa and the arising of Aruṇāditya, with Kāśī implied as the sacred backdrop.
FAQs
Sacred narratives are taught in sequence to reveal how divine worship (here, Aruṇāditya) becomes established through dharmic causes and consequences.
The setting is the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition that culminates in Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) as the locus of Aruṇāditya’s glory.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces the forthcoming māhātmya (glorific account).