Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
ये त्वा स्मरंति सततं सहजप्रकाशां काशीपुरीस्थितिमतीं नतमोक्षलक्ष्मीम् । तान्संस्मरेत्स्मरहरो धृतशुद्धबुद्धीन्निर्वाणरक्षणविचक्षणपात्रभूतान्
ye tvā smaraṃti satataṃ sahajaprakāśāṃ kāśīpurīsthitimatīṃ natamokṣalakṣmīm | tānsaṃsmaretsmaraharo dhṛtaśuddhabuddhīnnirvāṇarakṣaṇavicakṣaṇapātrabhūtān
Mereka yang sentiasa mengingati Dikau—yang bersinar dengan cahaya diri, bersemayam di kota Kāśī, dan menjadi Lakṣmī pembebasan bagi yang tunduk sujud—mereka itu juga diingati oleh Smara-hara (Śiva, pemusnah Kāma), sebagai insan berakal suci, wadah yang layak, dan bijaksana memelihara nirvāṇa (pelepasan akhir).
Narrator (contextual: Skanda in Kāśī Khaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī meditates on the self-effulgent Devī; above, Śiva as Smarahara turns his compassionate gaze toward the devotee, signifying reciprocal remembrance and protection of liberation.
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Steady remembrance (smaraṇa) of the Kāśī-abiding Goddess purifies the mind, and Śiva reciprocally safeguards the devotee’s path to liberation.
Kāśīpurī (Varanasi), presented as a seat of mokṣa and divine presence.
No external rite is mandated here; the practice emphasized is continuous remembrance and devotion (smaraṇa, praṇāma implied).