Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 229
अस्याख्यानस्य पठनाद्विष्णोरिव मनोरथाः । संपूर्णतां गमिष्यंति शंभोश्चिंतितकारिणः
asyākhyānasya paṭhanādviṣṇoriva manorathāḥ | saṃpūrṇatāṃ gamiṣyaṃti śaṃbhościṃtitakāriṇaḥ
এই পবিত্ৰ আখ্যান পাঠ কৰিলে বিষ্ণুৱে যেনেকৈ মনোৰথ পূৰ্ণ কৰে, তেনেকৈ ইচ্ছাসমূহ সম্পূৰ্ণ হয়; কিয়নো শম্ভুৱে চিন্তিত ফল দান কৰে।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/śrotṛs; within Kāśīkhaṇḍa often sages
Scene: A devotee seated with palm-leaf manuscript recites the Kāśī narrative; behind, Viśvanātha’s liṅga radiates, and Śambhu bestows blessings as thought-forms (desired boons) manifest like lotuses.
FAQs
Scriptural recitation (pāṭha) is itself a potent sādhana, bringing the fulfillment of worthy intentions through divine grace.
As a phalaśruti within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, it supports the merit of engaging with Kāśī’s sacred narrative tradition.
Paṭhana/pārāyaṇa—reading or reciting the sacred account.