Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
विनायकांस्ततः पंच विश्वनाथं ततो व्रजेत् । ततो मौनं विसृज्याथ मंत्रमेतमुदीरयेत्
vināyakāṃstataḥ paṃca viśvanāthaṃ tato vrajet | tato maunaṃ visṛjyātha maṃtrametamudīrayet
പിന്നീട് അഞ്ചു വിനായകരെ ദർശിച്ച്, തുടർന്ന് വിശ്വനാഥനിലേക്കു പോകണം. അതിനുശേഷം മൗനം വിട്ട് ഈ മന്ത്രം ഉച്ചരിക്കണം.
Skanda
Tirtha: Pañca-vināyaka and Viśvanātha (Viśveśvara)
Type: temple
Scene: A pilgrim completes darśana at five small Gaṇeśa shrines (each with distinct icon posture), then enters the Viśvanātha precinct; the pilgrim, previously silent, now raises hands and begins mantra recitation before the liṅga amid lamps and offerings.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is both outer movement and inner discipline—silence, orderly worship, and mantra—culminating at Viśvanātha.
Viśvanātha in Kāśī, approached after honoring the pañca-vināyaka shrines within the sacred city.
Visit the five Vināyakas, proceed to Viśvanātha, then conclude a mauna-vrata and recite the prescribed mantra.