Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । तासां परमशक्तीनामुमावयवसंभुवाम् । आख्याम्याख्यां शृणु मुने कुंभसंभव तत्त्वतः
skaṃda uvāca | tāsāṃ paramaśaktīnāmumāvayavasaṃbhuvām | ākhyāmyākhyāṃ śṛṇu mune kuṃbhasaṃbhava tattvataḥ
Sinabi ni Skanda: “Yaong mga kataas-taasang Śakti—na isinilang mula sa mismong mga sangkap ng katawan ni Umā—ay ipahahayag ko ang kanilang mga tawag at pangalan. Makinig, O pantas na Kumbha-sambhava, ayon sa katotohanan.”
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Kumbha-sambhava)
Scene: Skanda begins a formal revelation: he turns slightly toward Agastya, right hand in teaching gesture (vyākhyāna-mudrā), indicating he will enumerate Umā’s supreme Śaktis ‘in truth’.
FAQs
Divine power is taught as manifold yet rooted in one source—Umā—whose aspects are revealed through sacred names.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting; the verse itself functions as an introduction to a nāmāvalī-style enumeration rather than a tirtha description.
None directly; it initiates a doctrinal listing intended for remembrance and recitation.