Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
स्कंद उवाच । शृण्वगस्त्य यथा पृच्छि भवता तद्ब्रवीम्यहम् । मंदराद्रिं यदा देवो गतवान्ब्रह्मगौरवात्
skaṃda uvāca | śṛṇvagastya yathā pṛcchi bhavatā tadbravīmyaham | maṃdarādriṃ yadā devo gatavānbrahmagauravāt
斯坎达说道：“听着，阿伽斯提耶啊——正如你所问，我将如实告知。当主神为顾全梵天的尊荣而前往曼陀罗山时……”
Skanda
Tirtha: Mandarādri (Mandara)
Type: peak
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda begins his reply to Agastya, promising to narrate; the story opens with the Lord going to Mount Mandara, motivated by respect for Brahmā’s honor.
FAQs
Even the supreme Lord models dharmic conduct—acting with honor and regard—while sacred history explains the unfolding of Kāśī’s tīrthas.
The narrative is within Kāśī’s māhātmya; this verse introduces Mandarādri as a related mythic location.
None; it is a narrative transition into the origin-story context.