Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
तदुत्तरे विलोक्याथ नंदिषेणेश्वरं नरः । आनंदसेनां संप्राप्य जयेन्मृत्युमपि क्षणात्
taduttare vilokyātha naṃdiṣeṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ | ānaṃdasenāṃ saṃprāpya jayenmṛtyumapi kṣaṇāt
ત્યારબાદ થોડું આગળ નજર કરીને જે મનુષ્ય નંદિષેણેશ્વરનું દર્શન કરે છે, તે આનંદસેનાને પ્રાપ્ત કરીને ક્ષણમાં જ મૃત્યુ પર પણ વિજય મેળવે છે।
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.