स्कंद उवाच । उक्ता पंचनदोत्पत्तिर्मित्रावरुणनंदन । इदानीं कथयिष्यामि माधवाविष्कृतिं पराम्
skaṃda uvāca | uktā paṃcanadotpattirmitrāvaruṇanaṃdana | idānīṃ kathayiṣyāmi mādhavāviṣkṛtiṃ parām
سکند نے کہا: اے متر اور ورُن کے فرزند! میں نے پنچ ند کی پیدائش بیان کر دی؛ اب میں کاشی میں مادھو (وشنو) کے اعلیٰ ترین ظہور کا بیان کروں گا۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual) / Pañcanada (as prior topic) leading to Mādhava-āvirbhāva
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Mitrāvaruṇanandana)
Scene: Skanda begins a new episode, addressing the sage (son of Mitra and Varuṇa) and announcing the forthcoming account of Mādhava’s supreme manifestation in Kāśī; a calm narrative setting with sacred ambience.
After establishing a tīrtha’s origin, the Purāṇa elevates devotion by revealing the deity’s special manifestation connected to that sacred place.
Pañcanada tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), as the lead-in to Mādhava’s manifestation there.
No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition into the Mādhava-māhātmya.