Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्य महाभाग भविष्यं कथयाम्यहम् । कृष्णद्वैपायनो व्यासोऽकथयद्यन्महद्वचः । निश्चिकेतुमनाः पश्चाद्यत्करिष्यति तच्छृणु
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastya mahābhāga bhaviṣyaṃ kathayāmyaham | kṛṣṇadvaipāyano vyāso'kathayadyanmahadvacaḥ | niściketumanāḥ paścādyatkariṣyati tacchṛṇu
سکند نے کہا: اے سعادت مند اغستیہ، سنو؛ میں تمہیں آنے والا حال بیان کرتا ہوں۔ کرشن دوَیپایَن ویاس نے جو عظیم کلام کہا تھا اسے سنو، اور پھر وہ جس بات کو طے کرنے کے ارادے سے جو کچھ کرے گا، وہ بھی سنو۔
Skanda
Listener: Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa/Kumbhayoni)
Scene: Skanda, radiant and youthful, seated in a forest-āśrama setting, addressing Agastya with a gesture of instruction; a subtle aura suggests impending revelation, with palm-leaf manuscripts symbolizing Vyāsa’s utterance.
FAQs
Sacred history is transmitted through guru-to-sage dialogue; the Purāṇa frames future events as dharmic instruction.
Kāśī remains the setting-context of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse mainly introduces a future narrative.
None; it is a narrative transition introducing Vyāsa and forthcoming actions.