Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14
शिवेति द्व्यक्षरं नाम व्याहरिइष्यंति ये जनाः । तेषां स्वर्गश्च मोक्षश्च भविष्यति न चान्यथा
śiveti dvyakṣaraṃ nāma vyāhariiṣyaṃti ye janāḥ | teṣāṃ svargaśca mokṣaśca bhaviṣyati na cānyathā
Wer den zweisilbigen Namen „Śiva“ ausspricht, dem werden Himmel und Befreiung zuteil; anders kann es nicht sein.
Lomaśa
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims or sages softly chanting ‘Śiva’ with rosaries before a Himalayan liṅga shrine; the syllables visualized as luminous akṣaras rising like incense toward the peaks.
FAQs
The divine name is salvific; sincere utterance of “Śiva” is presented as a direct means to both worldly and ultimate good.
The teaching is universal, delivered within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Kedāra-centered Śaiva pilgrimage narrative.
Nāma-ucchāraṇa/japa—uttering the name “Śiva” (a two-syllabled mantra).