Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 85
इदं स्तोत्रवरं यस्तु पठिष्यति समाहितः । त्रिसंध्यं मनुजस्तस्य पापं यास्यति संक्षयम्
idaṃ stotravaraṃ yastu paṭhiṣyati samāhitaḥ | trisaṃdhyaṃ manujastasya pāpaṃ yāsyati saṃkṣayam
Wer, mit gesammeltem Geist, diesen erhabenen Hymnus zu den drei Sandhyās (Morgendämmerung, Mittag und Abenddämmerung) rezitiert, dessen Sünden schwinden nach und nach und gehen zu Ende.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee seated on a riverbank at the three sandhyās—sun low on horizon—hands in añjali, rosary and palm-leaf hymn, with Kāśī’s ghāṭas and a distant śikhara of Viśvanātha; the atmosphere suggests inner stillness and the washing away of sin.
FAQs
Steady, disciplined recitation with mental focus purifies accumulated sin.
The teaching is situated in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī/Varanasi) context, where devotional practice is praised as especially fruitful.
Recite the hymn at the three sandhyā times (morning, midday, evening) with a composed mind.