Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
अंते निर्वाणमाप्नोति जपन्स्तोत्रमिदं नरः । अन्यच्च शृणु सप्ताश्व ग्रहराज दिवाकर
aṃte nirvāṇamāpnoti japanstotramidaṃ naraḥ | anyacca śṛṇu saptāśva graharāja divākara
Pada akhirnya, orang yang menjapa stotra ini mencapai nirvāṇa. Dan dengarkan pula hal lainnya—wahai yang berkereta tujuh kuda, wahai raja para graha, wahai Dīvākara, Sang Surya!
Skanda
Listener: Sūrya (Saptāśva, Graharāja, Divākara)
Scene: The narrator addresses the Sun—seven-horsed, radiant—while a devotee’s japa is shown as a luminous path culminating in liberation; the scene foreshadows a specific liṅga tied to Sūrya.
FAQs
Steady sacred recitation culminates in liberation; purāṇic teaching links devotion with final emancipation.
The passage continues within the Kāśī-centered narrative, though this verse is focused on the fruit of japa and an address to Sūrya.
Chanting this stotra; the verse also signals an ensuing instruction addressed to Sūrya.