Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
कोत्र संप्रत्यधिष्ठाता किमधिष्ठातृ चेष्टितम् । यदि जानासि तत्सर्वमिहाचक्ष्व ममाग्रतः
kotra saṃpratyadhiṣṭhātā kimadhiṣṭhātṛ ceṣṭitam | yadi jānāsi tatsarvamihācakṣva mamāgrataḥ
“اب یہاں کا حاکمِ نگران کون ہے، اور اس نگران رب کے افعال کیا ہیں؟ اگر تم جانتے ہو تو یہ سب میرے سامنے یہاں بیان کرو۔”
Himavān
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)
Scene: Himavān leans forward in earnest inquiry, asking about the current presiding ruler/deity and the deeds that define that sovereignty; the mendicant listens, poised to answer.
FAQs
True understanding begins by identifying the adhiṣṭhātā (presiding divinity) and recognizing divine governance behind sacred places.
Kāśī is the implied setting; the question anticipates the revelation of its presiding Lord (Viśveśvara/Śiva).
None; it is an inquiry that frames forthcoming māhātmya.