Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
नाम्नां सहस्रैरन्यैश्च स्तोत्रैस्तुष्टाव शंकरम् । सहस्रं पंचशरदामित्थं शुक्रः समर्चयन्
nāmnāṃ sahasrairanyaiśca stotraistuṣṭāva śaṃkaram | sahasraṃ paṃcaśaradāmitthaṃ śukraḥ samarcayan
അവൻ സഹസ്രനാമങ്ങളാലും മറ്റു സ്തോത്രങ്ങളാലും ശങ്കരനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു; ഇങ്ങനെ സമർച്ചനം ചെയ്തുകൊണ്ട് ശുക്രൻ ആയിരവും അഞ്ചും ശരദൃതുക്കൾ (വർഷങ്ങൾ) നിരന്തരം ആരാധിച്ചു।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A long passage of time is suggested: Śukra seated in unwavering worship, reciting thousands of names before Śaṅkara; seasons cycle (autumn imagery), leaves fall, lamps are renewed, the shrine remains constant.
FAQs
Liberation-oriented devotion is sustained over time—name-recitation and hymns become a long, purifying discipline.
Kāśī, presented as the sacred arena where prolonged stotra and nāma-worship of Śiva bears immense spiritual fruit.
Recitation of thousands of names (nāma-stuti) and stotras, maintained as a long-term vrata/tapas.