Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
सहस्रं साधिकं किंचित्त्रिकमैतज्जपन्यमी । मासं बहिः प्रतिदिनं महाघादपि मुच्यते
sahasraṃ sādhikaṃ kiṃcittrikamaitajjapanyamī | māsaṃ bahiḥ pratidinaṃ mahāghādapi mucyate
ಈ ತ್ರಯವನ್ನು ಸಾವಿರಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಜಪಿಸಬೇಕು. ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಒಂದು ತಿಂಗಳು ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಹೊರಗೆ (ಬಹಿಃ) ಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ಮಹಾಪಾಪದಿಂದಲೂ ಮುಕ್ತನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa context, typically Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A practitioner stands or sits in an open courtyard outside the home, counting japa with a mālā; a calendar-like moon cycle subtly indicates ‘one month’; dark smoke-like forms of ‘sin’ dissipate into the air.
FAQs
Steady daily mantra-japa, done with discipline, is praised as a powerful purifier capable of removing even grave demerit.
The instruction belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī tradition; the verse itself highlights japa rather than a named tirtha.
Repeat the stated ‘triad’ slightly more than 1,000 times daily for one month, performed outside (bahih).