Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
दिनेदिनेपराधो यः क्रियते काशिवासिभिः । स याति संक्षयं क्षिप्रं विराधेश समर्चनात्
dinedineparādho yaḥ kriyate kāśivāsibhiḥ | sa yāti saṃkṣayaṃ kṣipraṃ virādheśa samarcanāt
काशीवासियों से प्रतिदिन जो-जो अपराध हो जाते हैं, वे विराधेश के सम्यक् पूजन से शीघ्र ही नष्ट हो जाते हैं।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Virādheśa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Kāśī resident approaches a modest shrine of Virādheśa with offerings; the atmosphere suggests daily life and daily repentance, with the liṅga radiating calm absolution.
FAQs
Even habitual human shortcomings can be purified through consistent, reverent worship—especially within Kāśī’s sanctifying field.
Virādheśa/Virādheśvara in Kāśī.
Samarcana—proper, attentive worship—of Virādheśa to bring daily faults to quick cessation.