अगस्तिरुवाच । अपूवेंयं कथा ख्याता ब्रह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तम । किं चकार पुनः शंभुस्तत्र ब्रह्मण्यपि स्थिते
agastiruvāca | apūveṃyaṃ kathā khyātā brahmaṇo brahmavittama | kiṃ cakāra punaḥ śaṃbhustatra brahmaṇyapi sthite
Agastya thưa: Hỡi bậc thấu triệt Brahman, câu chuyện chưa từng có về Brahmā này đã được thuật lại. Vậy khi Brahmā đang lưu trú nơi ấy, Śambhu (Śiva) đã làm gì?
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Skanda (about to answer)
Scene: Agastya, the venerable sage, respectfully questions the Brahmavid (Skanda as narrator in this frame), seeking the next episode of Śiva’s actions in Kāśī.
Scriptural learning proceeds through reverent inquiry; questions open the next layer of tīrtha-māhātmya and divine action.
Kāśī as the setting of the divine episode, though the verse itself is a narrative question.
None; it is a dialogic transition prompting further narration.