Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
प्रदक्षिणैः स्तोत्रजपैर्नमस्कारैस्तु नर्त्तनैः । देवदेवमहादेव शंभो शिवशिवेति च
pradakṣiṇaiḥ stotrajapairnamaskāraistu narttanaiḥ | devadevamahādeva śaṃbho śivaśiveti ca
Mediante pradakṣiṇā (circunvalaciones), recitación de himnos y japa, mediante postraciones e incluso danza—clamando: «¡Dios de dioses, Mahādeva! ¡Śambho! ¡Śiva, Śiva!»—la devoción en Kāśī se vuelve una poderosa fuente de mérito.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī performs pradakṣiṇā around a Śiva-liṅga/Viśveśvara precinct, chanting ‘Śambho, Śiva, Śiva’, alternating between namaskāra and rhythmic devotional dance; lamps and incense glow, Gaṅgā nearby.
FAQs
Embodied devotion—walking, bowing, chanting, even dancing—becomes direct worship of Śiva and generates merit in Kāśī.
Kāśī’s Śaiva worship sphere centered on Viśveśvara, expressed through Śiva-nāma and temple devotion.
Pradakṣiṇā, stotra-japa, namaskāra, devotional dancing, and Śiva-nāma utterances (Mahādeva, Śambho, Śiva).