Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 57
प्रमादादपि संस्पृष्टो यथाऽनलकणो दहेत् । तथौष्ठपुटसंस्पृष्ट हरिनाम हरेदघम्
pramādādapi saṃspṛṣṭo yathā'nalakaṇo dahet | tathauṣṭhapuṭasaṃspṛṣṭa harināma haredagham
എങ്ങനെ അഗ്നിസ്ഫുലിംഗം അശ്രദ്ധവശാൽ സ്പർശിച്ചാലും ദഹിപ്പിക്കുമോ, അതുപോലെ ഹരിനാമം—വെറും അധരങ്ങളെ സ്പർശിച്ചാൽ മതി—പാപം ദഹിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Hari-nāma (nāma-agni)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close-up symbolic scene: a tiny ember touches cloth and ignites; parallel image of lips uttering ‘Hari’ with a flame-like radiance consuming dark stains of sin.
FAQs
Even unintentional contact with the divine Name is purifying; the Name’s power is intrinsic, like fire’s power to burn.
No single tirtha is named in the verse; it contributes to the devotional teaching embedded in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.
Nāmagrahaṇa/nāmoccāraṇa—uttering Hari’s Name, emphasizing that even inadvertent utterance bears purifying effect.