Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 96
मंत्रःसुरद्रुमसमः समस्तसुखसंततिप्रदो जप्यः । तिथिभिः परिमितवर्णः परमपदं दिशति निशितधियाम्
maṃtraḥsuradrumasamaḥ samastasukhasaṃtatiprado japyaḥ | tithibhiḥ parimitavarṇaḥ paramapadaṃ diśati niśitadhiyām
हा मंत्र कल्पवृक्षासमान असून सर्व सुखांची अखंड परंपरा देणारा आहे; म्हणून त्याचा जप करावा. तिथीनुसार याचे वर्ण परिमित आहेत; तीक्ष्ण बुद्धीच्या साधकांना तो परम पद देतो.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sādhaka seated on a ghāṭa in Kāśī at dawn, rosary in hand, with a luminous wish-fulfilling tree (kalpavṛkṣa) appearing behind him; lunar tithis shown as a subtle halo of phases around the mantra syllables; the river and temples form the sacred backdrop.
FAQs
Steady mantra-recitation, done with understanding and proper discipline, leads the seeker toward the supreme goal.
The broader context is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on mantra-mahātmyā rather than a named tīrtha.
Japa of a mantra whose syllabic count is regulated in relation to tithis (lunar dates).