Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
पापिनां यानि पापानि महोपपदभांज्यपि । सुलीनध्यानसंपन्नो नामोच्चारो हरेर्हरेत्
pāpināṃ yāni pāpāni mahopapadabhāṃjyapi | sulīnadhyānasaṃpanno nāmoccāro harerharet
पाप्यांची जी जी पापे आहेत—महापतनास नेणारीसुद्धा—स्थिर, लीन ध्यानासह हरिनामोच्चार ती सर्व हरून टाकतो।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Hari-nāma (as nāma-tīrtha within Kāśī teaching)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee chants ‘Hari’ with rosary, eyes half-closed; dark smoke-like forms symbolizing sins dissolve into light as meditation deepens.
FAQs
Hari’s Name, especially when supported by absorbed meditation, is declared to be a potent purifier that destroys even grave sins.
The immediate verse emphasizes nāma and dhyāna; the tirtha-glory is contextual to Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa framework.
Nāmoccāraṇa (chanting/uttering Hari’s Name) together with steady dhyāna (meditative absorption).