Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
शिवशर्मोवाच । कियद्दूरे वयं प्राप्ता गंतव्यं च कियत्पुनः । पृच्छाम्यन्यच्च वां भद्रौ ब्रूतं प्रीत्या तदप्यहो
śivaśarmovāca | kiyaddūre vayaṃ prāptā gaṃtavyaṃ ca kiyatpunaḥ | pṛcchāmyanyacca vāṃ bhadrau brūtaṃ prītyā tadapyaho
شیوشَرما نے کہا: ہم کتنی دور آ چکے ہیں اور کتنا سفر ابھی باقی ہے؟ اے نیکوکارو، میں تم سے ایک اور بات بھی پوچھتا ہوں—مہربانی کرکے محبت اور شفقت سے وہ بھی بتاؤ۔
Śivaśarman
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Two gaṇas (attendants/guides)
Scene: A pilgrim (Śivaśarman) pauses on the road, palms joined, asking two divine attendants about the remaining distance and further matters; the sense is calm, anticipatory, and reverent.
FAQs
The seeker’s persistence and respectful questioning are shown as the proper approach to receiving liberating knowledge.
No specific tirtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.