Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
नंदिकेश्वर उवाच । इदं स्तवं महापुण्यं व्यास ते परिकीर्तितम् । यः पठिष्यति मेधावी तस्य तुष्यति शंकरः
naṃdikeśvara uvāca | idaṃ stavaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ vyāsa te parikīrtitam | yaḥ paṭhiṣyati medhāvī tasya tuṣyati śaṃkaraḥ
Nandīkeśvara dit : «Ô Vyāsa, cet hymne que tu as proclamé est d’un mérite très saint. Celui qui, avec intelligence, le récite, Śaṅkara se réjouit de lui».
Nandīkeśvara
Listener: Vyāsa
Scene: Nandīkeśvara addresses Vyāsa, declaring the hymn supremely meritorious and promising Śaṅkara’s pleasure for the wise reciter.
FAQs
Devotional recitation (pāṭha) of a Śiva-stotra generates great puṇya and directly pleases Śiva.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is the setting of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative, within which Vyāseśvara is praised.
Recitation of the stava (hymn) is prescribed as a meritorious practice for the wise devotee.