Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
यः स्तोष्यत्यनया स्तुत्या श्रद्धावान्प्रत्यहं शुचिः । मां वा हरं वा विष्णुं वा तस्य तुष्टाः सदा वयम्
yaḥ stoṣyatyanayā stutyā śraddhāvānpratyahaṃ śuciḥ | māṃ vā haraṃ vā viṣṇuṃ vā tasya tuṣṭāḥ sadā vayam
যে ব্যক্তি শ্রদ্ধাবান ও শুচি হয়ে প্রতিদিন এই স্তব দ্বারা—আমাকে, অথবা হর (শিব)কে, অথবা বিষ্ণুকে—স্তব করবে, তার প্রতি আমরা সর্বদা প্রসন্ন থাকব।
Brahmā
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas (primary), and by extension pilgrims/hearers of Kāśī-khaṇḍa
Scene: Brahmā declares the fruit of daily recitation: a devotee, clean and faithful, praising Brahmā/Śiva/Viṣṇu is always favored; the three deities appear as a harmonious triad blessing the reciter.
FAQs
Steady daily devotion with faith and purity pleases the Divine, beyond sectarian division among Brahmā, Śiva, and Viṣṇu.
The verse belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s devotional instruction; it emphasizes practice (daily stuti) rather than a named tīrtha.
Daily recitation of this hymn (pratyahaṃ stuti), performed with śraddhā (faith) and śauca (purity).