Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
योगिनीभिः किमाख्यायि गणाह्रीणाः किमब्रुवन् । एतदाख्याहि मे स्कंद महत्कौतूहलं मयि
yoginībhiḥ kimākhyāyi gaṇāhrīṇāḥ kimabruvan | etadākhyāhi me skaṃda mahatkautūhalaṃ mayi
یوگنیوں نے کیا بیان کیا، اور شرمائے ہوئے گنوں نے کیا کہا؟ اے اسکند! یہ مجھے بتائیے، کہ میرے دل میں بڑی جستجو پیدا ہو گئی ہے۔
Agastya
Tirtha: Upavārāṇasī (within Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (to respond)
Scene: A sage, intent and curious, asks Skanda about what the Yoginīs recounted and what the bashful Gaṇas uttered; the setting suggests a sacred discourse in Kāśī’s atmosphere.
FAQs
Eagerness to hear sacred details is valued; even the attendants of Śiva (Gaṇas, Yoginīs) become vehicles of dharma-teaching in Purāṇic narrative.
Not explicit in the verse; it continues the Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame that ultimately glorifies Kāśī.
None.