स्कंद उवाच । निशामय महाप्राज्ञ शंभु प्रावेशिकीं कथाम् । त्रैलोक्यानंदजननीं महापातकतंकिनीम्
skaṃda uvāca | niśāmaya mahāprājña śaṃbhu prāveśikīṃ kathām | trailokyānaṃdajananīṃ mahāpātakataṃkinīm
Skanda nói: Hãy chăm chú lắng nghe, bậc đại trí, câu chuyện về cuộc nhập cảnh thiêng liêng của Śambhu—sự kiện làm hoan hỷ ba cõi và khiến các đại tội khiếp sợ.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahāprājña rishi (unnamed here)
Scene: Skanda as narrator addressing a great sage, introducing the awe-filled tale of Śambhu’s sacred entrance into Kāśī; the atmosphere is cosmic—three worlds rejoicing while dark personified sins recoil.
Śiva’s presence is depicted as both bliss-giving and sin-destroying—devotion transforms the cosmos and the individual.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting frames Śambhu’s ‘entrance’ as a key event tied to Kāśī’s sanctity, though the precise locality is not named in this verse.
Śravaṇa (devout listening) is implied as the practice—hearing the kathā as a spiritually efficacious act.