Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
स्कंद उवाच । सर्वज्ञस्य कुमारत्वात्किंचित्किंचिदवैम्यहम् । रोदने कारणं वच्मि शृणु कुंभसमुद्भव
skaṃda uvāca | sarvajñasya kumāratvātkiṃcitkiṃcidavaimyaham | rodane kāraṇaṃ vacmi śṛṇu kuṃbhasamudbhava
Skanda thưa: “Vì Đấng Toàn Tri mang thân đồng tử, nên ta chỉ hiểu được đôi phần, từng chút một. Nhưng ta sẽ nói nguyên do của tiếng khóc ấy—hãy lắng nghe, hỡi bậc sinh từ chiếc bình.”
Skanda
Listener: Agastya (Kumbhasambhava)
Scene: Skanda, youthful yet radiant, addresses Agastya (the pot-born sage), confessing the mystery of divine childhood and promising to explain the cause of weeping; a quiet hermitage or Kāśī setting implied.
FAQs
Even exalted teachers present knowledge with humility; Purāṇic wisdom is shared as a guided unfolding rather than mere display of omniscience.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework implies Kāśī’s sanctity, but this verse is primarily pedagogical.
None in this verse.