Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
अगस्तिरुवाच । प्रसन्नोसि यदि स्कंद मयि प्रीतिरनुत्तमा । तत्समाचक्ष्व भगवंश्चिरं यन्मे हृदिस्थितम्
agastiruvāca | prasannosi yadi skaṃda mayi prītiranuttamā | tatsamācakṣva bhagavaṃściraṃ yanme hṛdisthitam
اگستیہ نے کہا: اے اسکند، اگر تم مجھ پر راضی ہو اور میری طرف تمہاری محبت بے مثال ہے، تو اے بھگوان، وہ بات مجھے بتاؤ جو مدت سے میرے دل میں ٹھہری ہوئی ہے۔
Agastya
Listener: Skanda
Scene: Sage Agastya, seated with matted locks and waterpot, addresses six-faced Skanda with folded hands; the setting suggests an āśrama near sacred Kāśī, with attentive sages around, signaling the start of a new teaching cycle.
FAQs
It models the Purāṇic method of transmission: sincere inquiry by a sage and compassionate instruction by the divine teacher.
Not directly in this verse; it serves as a transition into further Kāśī/Avimukta-related teaching.
None; it is a dialogic invocation requesting exposition.