स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्यमहाभाग स च राजा भगीरथः । आराध्य श्रीमहादेवमुद्दिधीर्षुः पितामहान्
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastyamahābhāga sa ca rājā bhagīrathaḥ | ārādhya śrīmahādevamuddidhīrṣuḥ pitāmahān
Skanda nói: Hãy lắng nghe, hỡi Agastya cao quý. Vua Bhagīratha, mong cứu độ các bậc tổ tiên, đã chí thành thờ phụng và lễ bái Śrī Mahādeva rực sáng.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda narrates to Agastya: King Bhagīratha in austere posture worships Mahādeva, intent on rescuing his forefathers; the mood is solemn, vow-filled, and devotional.
Deliverance of ancestors is achieved through devotion and austerity directed to Śiva.
The narrative is steering toward Kāśī and Maṇikarṇikā as the key sacred locus connected with Gaṅgā.
Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Mahādeva for pitṛ-upliftment.