Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
यस्याख्यां ब्रुवतां नित्यं न देहः सोपि देहधृक् । यं दृष्ट्वा न पुनर्जन्म लभ्यते मानवैर्भुवि
yasyākhyāṃ bruvatāṃ nityaṃ na dehaḥ sopi dehadhṛk | yaṃ dṛṣṭvā na punarjanma labhyate mānavairbhuvi
ผู้ใดที่นามของพระองค์ถูกเอ่ยทุกวัน แม้ยังทรงกาย กายก็ประหนึ่งไม่ผูกมัดเขา ครั้นได้เห็นพระองค์แล้ว มนุษย์บนแผ่นดินย่อมไม่กลับไปเกิดอีก
Devas (in praise, contextually before addressing Śiva; likely voiced in the narrative of Skanda to Agastya within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī / Viśveśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Primary interlocutor of Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame (traditional: sages/Śaunaka-group depending on recension)
Scene: A devotee proclaims that constant utterance of the Lord’s name makes bodily bondage ‘as if absent’; in the background rises Kāśī with ghāṭs and a luminous Śiva-presence promising freedom from rebirth.
FAQs
Daily remembrance/utterance of the Lord’s name and direct darśana are portrayed as liberating forces that cut off rebirth.
The broader passage belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, thus the implied sacred setting is Kāśī, where Śaṅkara’s darśana grants mokṣa.
Regular nāma-ucchāraṇa (daily utterance of the Lord’s name) is emphasized.