Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 190
गुरुशुश्रूषणं कुर्वन्यावज्जीवं नरोत्तमः । यत्पुण्यमर्जयेत्तद्भाग्वर्षं त्रिषवणं जपन्
guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ kurvanyāvajjīvaṃ narottamaḥ | yatpuṇyamarjayettadbhāgvarṣaṃ triṣavaṇaṃ japan
जो नरोत्तम आयुष्यभर गुरूची शुश्रूषा करतो, त्याने जे पुण्य मिळविले, तेच पुण्य भाग़-वर्षभर दररोज त्रिकाळ (त्रिषवण) हा जप केल्याने प्राप्त होते।
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Kāśī–Gaṅgā practice context (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: A sage (muni)
Scene: Triptych-like scene: the same devotee chanting at three sandhyās—sunrise on ghāṭa, midday in a shaded maṇḍapa, sunset with lamps—while a subtle guru-figure’s blessing hand appears in the sky, indicating equivalence to guru-sevā.
FAQs
Steady spiritual discipline (regular japa) is extolled as comparable in merit to lifelong guru-service.
The practice is taught within Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Gaṅgā-centered praise, linking the discipline to Kāśī’s sacred setting.
Triṣavaṇa japa—chanting three times daily—for the duration of a Bhāga-year.