Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
तदुत्तरे विलोक्याथ नंदिषेणेश्वरं नरः । आनंदसेनां संप्राप्य जयेन्मृत्युमपि क्षणात्
taduttare vilokyātha naṃdiṣeṇeśvaraṃ naraḥ | ānaṃdasenāṃ saṃprāpya jayenmṛtyumapi kṣaṇāt
അതിനുശേഷം അല്പം മുന്നോട്ട് നോക്കി നന്ദിഷേണേശ്വരനെ ദർശിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ ആനന്ദസേനയെ പ്രാപിച്ച് ക്ഷണത്തിൽ തന്നെ മരണത്തെയും ജയിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda (contextual, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Nandiṣeṇeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim walks a little further along a Kāśī lane/ghāṭa path and beholds the Nandiṣeṇeśvara liṅga; behind, a subtle vision of radiant gaṇas—Ānandasena—forming a blissful host, while the shadow of Death recoils.
FAQs
In Kāśī, mere darśana of Śiva’s liṅgas is praised as immediately transformative—granting fearlessness and victory over death through Śiva’s grace.
Nandiṣeṇeśvara, a revered Śiva-liṅga/spot within the sacred circuit of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) described in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
The act prescribed is darśana (beholding/visiting) Nandiṣeṇeśvara; no separate dāna, snāna, or japa is specified in this verse.