Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 70
तवाग्रे च समाख्यातं शुकादीनां च सत्तम । इदानीं प्रष्टुकामोसि किं तत्पृच्छ वदामि ते
tavāgre ca samākhyātaṃ śukādīnāṃ ca sattama | idānīṃ praṣṭukāmosi kiṃ tatpṛccha vadāmi te
اے نیک ترین! یہ بیان تمہارے سامنے بھی ہوا اور شُک وغیرہ جیسے بزرگوں کے سامنے بھی۔ اب تم پوچھنا چاہتے ہو؛ جو کچھ پوچھنا ہو پوچھو، میں تمہیں بتا دوں گا۔
Vyāsa (addressing Sūta; śuka-ādīnām referenced as prior audience)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary interlocutor (addressed as ‘sattama’), with Śuka and others present
Scene: A sage-speaker invites the noble listener to ask questions; Śuka and other eminent ṛṣis sit nearby, forming a luminous council of inquiry.
FAQs
Sacred knowledge is transmitted through respectful dialogue—listening, questioning, and precise instruction.
The ongoing discourse pertains to Kāśī-māhātmya, though this verse highlights the pedagogical setting.
None; it is an invitation to ask questions for further teaching.