Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
विश्वयोनिं जगद्धात्रीं न्यस्तहस्ताग्रपुस्तकाम् । गरुत्मानपि तच्छिष्यो जातो लोकोत्तराकृतिः
viśvayoniṃ jagaddhātrīṃ nyastahastāgrapustakām | garutmānapi tacchiṣyo jāto lokottarākṛtiḥ
وہ جگت ماتا—کائنات کی یونی، ساری سृष्टि کی دھاتری—اپنے جھکے ہوئے ہاتھ کی انگلیوں کے سرے پر کتاب تھامے تھیں؛ اور گرُڑ بھی ان کا شिष्य بن کر، دنیا سے ماورا صورت اختیار کر گیا۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-Avimukta (vidyā-kṣetra aspect)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)
Scene: The World-Mother in ascetic form stands with a manuscript/book poised at her lowered hand; Garuḍa, wings folded, sits as a humble disciple, his form rendered ‘lokottara’—radiant and refined—amid Kāśī’s sacred ambience.
FAQs
Knowledge and dharma are honored even by the mightiest; discipleship before true wisdom is a sacred ideal.
The broader Kāśī sacred narrative context; the verse focuses more on the revelatory scene than a named tīrtha.
None; it presents a teaching tableau emphasizing śāstra (book/learning) and the guru–disciple relationship.