Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
तदुत्तरे विलोक्याथ नंदिषेणेश्वरं नरः । आनंदसेनां संप्राप्य जयेन्मृत्युमपि क्षणात्
taduttare vilokyātha naṃdiṣeṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ | ānaṃdasenāṃ saṃprāpya jayenmṛtyumapi kṣaṇāt
Puis, regardant un peu plus loin, celui qui contemple Nandiṣeṇeśvara atteint Ānandasena, la troupe de félicité, et en un instant triomphe même de la mort.
Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Nandiṣeṇeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim walks a little further along a Kāśī lane/ghāṭa path and beholds the Nandiṣeṇeśvara liṅga; behind, a subtle vision of radiant gaṇas—Ānandasena—forming a blissful host, while the shadow of Death recoils.
FAQs
In Kāśī, mere darśana of Śiva’s liṅgas is praised as immediately transformative—granting fearlessness and victory over death through Śiva’s grace.
Nandiṣeṇeśvara, a revered Śiva-liṅga/spot within the sacred circuit of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) described in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
The act prescribed is darśana (beholding/visiting) Nandiṣeṇeśvara; no separate dāna, snāna, or japa is specified in this verse.