Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
न गर्भमाविशेद्भूयो भवेत्सौभाग्यभाजनम् । पार्वतीशस्य लिंगस्य नामापि परिगृह्णतः
na garbhamāviśedbhūyo bhavetsaubhāgyabhājanam | pārvatīśasya liṃgasya nāmāpi parigṛhṇataḥ
អ្នកណាសូម្បីតែយកឈ្មោះលិង្គរបស់ បារវតីឥស មកកាន់ទុកដោយក្តីគោរព (ឬបញ្ចេញឈ្មោះដោយសក្ការៈ) នោះ មិនចូលទៅក្នុងផ្ទៃម្តាយម្តងទៀតឡើយ ហើយក្លាយជាភាជន៍នៃសំណាងល្អ។
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pārvatīśa-liṅga (nāma-māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A devotee, perhaps far from Kāśī, sits in meditation chanting ‘Pārvatīśa’; the syllables appear as luminous script flowing toward a distant vision of Kāśī and a shining liṅga, while a fading wheel symbolizes cessation of rebirth.
FAQs
In Kāśī’s Śaiva frame, even nāma-smaraṇa is salvific—devotion can operate through simple remembrance.
Kāśī, through the exceptional sanctity attributed to the Pārvatīśa liṅga and its very name.
Nāma-grahaṇa (taking/uttering the sacred name), implying japa/smaraṇa as a practice.