Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । शृणु सूत यथा प्रोक्तं कुंभजे शरजन्मना । देवदेवस्य चरितं विश्वेशस्य परात्मनः
vyāsa uvāca | śṛṇu sūta yathā proktaṃ kuṃbhaje śarajanmanā | devadevasya caritaṃ viśveśasya parātmanaḥ
Sinabi ni Vyāsa: “Makinig ka, O Sūta, sa ipinahayag ng pantayog na isinilang sa banga at ng isinilang sa mga tambo—ang banal na mga gawa ng Diyos ng mga diyos, si Viśveśa, ang Kataas-taasang Sarili.”
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Viśveśa/Viśvanātha (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Vyāsa addresses Sūta, urging him to listen to what Agastya (Kumbhaja) and Skanda (Śarajanman) declared—about the deeds of Viśveśa, the Supreme Self.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is preserved through lineage and listening; the deeds of Viśveśa (Śiva of Kāśī) are upheld as spiritually elevating.
Viśveśa of Kāśī (Kashi Vishwanath) is invoked, anchoring the narrative in Kashi’s sacred geography.
Śravaṇa (listening) is implied as the devotional act—“Listen, O Sūta.”