Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 78
अनाथनाथः सर्वेषां विश्वनाथो हि गीयते । क्षणं मनसि संचित्य भवेदित्थमसंशयम्
anāthanāthaḥ sarveṣāṃ viśvanātho hi gīyate | kṣaṇaṃ manasi saṃcitya bhaveditthamasaṃśayam
ಅವನು ಅನಾಥರ ನಾಥ, ಎಲ್ಲರ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಎಂದು ‘ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ’ನೆಂದು ಗೀಯತೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಈ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಷಣಮಾತ್ರ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದರೂ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Viśvanātha (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Self / implied audience
Scene: A devotee closes the eyes for a single moment of concentrated remembrance; above, the name ‘Viśvanātha’ appears as luminous script, while a protective aura surrounds the helpless.
FAQs
Even brief, steady remembrance of Viśvanātha transforms fear into certainty and protection.
Kāśī, specifically through Viśvanātha (Śiva as worshiped in Vārāṇasī).
Mental recollection/meditative holding (manasi saṃciti) of Viśvanātha’s refuge—an inner practice aligned with japa and smaraṇa.