Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
मीढुष्टमायोत्तरमीढुषे नमो नमो गणानां पतये गणाय । नमोस्तु ते जन्मजरातिगाय नमो विशाखाय सुशक्तिपाणये
mīḍhuṣṭamāyottaramīḍhuṣe namo namo gaṇānāṃ pataye gaṇāya | namostu te janmajarātigāya namo viśākhāya suśaktipāṇaye
अतिशय दाता आणि त्याहून श्रेष्ठ दात्या तुला नमस्कार। गणांचा स्वामी, स्वतः गणस्वरूप—तुला पुनःपुन्हा प्रणाम। जन्म व जरा यांपलीकडे असलेल्या तुला नमस्कार; विशाख—ज्याच्या हाती प्रबळ शक्ति (भाला) आहे—तुला वंदन।
Agastya
Scene: Skanda is hailed as the lord of divine hosts, supremely bountiful, ageless; he stands poised with the mighty spear, surrounded by gaṇas as a luminous commander.
FAQs
The Lord is both compassionate and victorious, and remembrance of His immortal nature lifts devotees beyond fear of decay.
The Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting frames the hymn; the focus is on Skanda’s cosmic authority rather than a named tirtha.
No explicit ritual; the repeated “namo namo” indicates devotional repetition akin to japa.