नामापि मधुरं यस्याः परानंदप्रकाशकम् । काश्याः काशीति काशीति सा कैः पुण्यैर्न जप्यते
nāmāpi madhuraṃ yasyāḥ parānaṃdaprakāśakam | kāśyāḥ kāśīti kāśīti sā kaiḥ puṇyairna japyate
Even the very name of Kāśī is sweet and reveals supreme bliss. By what merit would anyone not chant her name—“Kāśī, Kāśī”?
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (nāma-mahātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī or interlocutor in Kāśī-khaṇḍa frame (context-dependent)
Scene: Close-up devotional scene: lips softly repeating ‘Kāśī’, rosary in hand; the syllables appear as luminous script forming a halo that opens into a vision of ghats and the Viśvanātha spire—name revealing supreme bliss.
The divine name ‘Kāśī’ itself is a revelatory mantra-like remembrance that opens one to higher bliss.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially through the sanctity of her very name.
Nāma-japa: repeating the name ‘Kāśī’—‘Kāśī, Kāśī’—as a devotional practice.