Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
श्रुतं च यत्तदुत्संगे स्थितेन स्थिरचेतसा । माहात्म्यं तच्छृणु मुने कथ्यमानं मयाऽनघ
śrutaṃ ca yattadutsaṃge sthitena sthiracetasā | māhātmyaṃ tacchṛṇu mune kathyamānaṃ mayā'nagha
اور جو کچھ میں نے اُس کی گود میں ٹھہر کر، ثابت دل کے ساتھ سنا تھا—اے مُنی، اُس عظمت کو سنو جو میں اب بیان کرتا ہوں، اے بے گناہ۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukta (within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (addressed as ‘mune’, ‘anagha’)
Scene: A narrator-sage recounts a secret greatness to a sinless listener; the mood is intimate, didactic, and reverent—like a sacred teaching transmitted in a quiet āśrama setting, with Kāśī’s sanctity implied.
FAQs
Steady-minded listening and faithful retelling preserve sacred knowledge and make the māhātmya spiritually effective.
Avimukta (Kāśī), whose māhātmya is being introduced for narration.
No external ritual; it emphasizes attentive śravaṇa (hearing) of the māhātmya.