Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
ततोपि मिलितागत्य किरणा रविणैधिता । यन्नामस्मरणादेव महामोहोंधतां व्रजेत्
tatopi militāgatya kiraṇā raviṇaidhitā | yannāmasmaraṇādeva mahāmohoṃdhatāṃ vrajet
त्यानंतर सूर्याने पुष्ट झालेली किरणा तेथे येऊन मिळाली—जिच्या नामस्मरणमात्रानेच महामोहही अंध होऊन निष्प्रभ होतो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kiraṇā (within Pañcanada confluence system)
Type: sangam
Scene: A bright, sunlit stream named Kiraṇā merges into the confluence; rays descend from the Sun, and a pilgrim’s dark veil of confusion is shown dissolving into light.
FAQs
Nāma-smaraṇa (remembering the sacred name) is presented as a direct means of dispelling delusion, paralleling the Sun’s power to remove darkness.
The growing confluence associated with Pañcanada in Kāśī, now including the stream named Kiraṇā.
Implicit japa/smaraṇa: remembrance of the tīrtha/river’s name is itself said to confer a purifying, delusion-destroying effect.