Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
नित्यं प्रातः समुत्थाय यः पठिष्यति मानवः । इमां स्तुतिं हरिष्येऽहं तस्य बाधाः सुदारुणाः
nityaṃ prātaḥ samutthāya yaḥ paṭhiṣyati mānavaḥ | imāṃ stutiṃ hariṣye'haṃ tasya bādhāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
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Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (dawn stuti practice)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At first light, a devotee rises from a simple mat, washes, and approaches a shrine; Śiva’s unseen hand symbolically lifts away dark boulders labeled ‘bādhā’ from the devotee’s path leading toward a temple spire.
FAQs
Daily morning remembrance of Śiva is a dhārmic discipline that draws protection and removes severe impediments.
The verse is situated in Kāśīkhaṇḍa, aligning the daily practice with Kāśī’s ideal of constant Śiva-smaraṇa.
Rise in the morning (prātaḥ) and recite the stuti every day as a protective vow-like discipline.