Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
स्कंद उवाच । अविमुक्तेश माहात्म्यं वर्णितं तेग्रतो मया । अथो किमसि शुश्रूषुः कथयिष्यामि तत्पुनः
skaṃda uvāca | avimukteśa māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ tegrato mayā | atho kimasi śuśrūṣuḥ kathayiṣyāmi tatpunaḥ
斯坎达（Skanda）说：我已在你面前述说过阿毗穆克提湿伐罗（Avimukteśa）的伟大。你还想听什么？我将再为你重述。
Skanda
Tirtha: Avimukteśvara (topic of māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda, radiant and youthful, addresses sage Agastya in an āśrama setting; palm-leaf manuscripts and a small liṅga/altar indicate the topic; Skanda gestures as if to begin anew.
FAQs
Sacred teachings are worth hearing repeatedly; the Māhātmya of Kāśī’s Lord is presented as inexhaustibly beneficial.
Avimukteśa/Avimukteśvara of Kāśī, whose Māhātmya is the topic of the chapter.
None directly; it establishes the didactic setting for continued narration (śravaṇa/recitation of Māhātmya).