Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 38
काशी काशीति काशीति जपतो यस्य संस्थितिः । अन्यत्रापि सतस्तस्य पुरो मुक्तिः प्रकाशते
kāśī kāśīti kāśīti japato yasya saṃsthitiḥ | anyatrāpi satastasya puro muktiḥ prakāśate
ผู้ใดมีภาวะมั่นคงในการภาวนา ‘กาศี กาศี กาศี’ โมกษะย่อมส่องประกายอยู่เบื้องหน้าเขา แม้เขาจะพำนักอยู่ ณ ที่อื่นก็ตาม
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-nāma (triple invocation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Those seeking Kāśī’s fruit without constant residence
Scene: A householder far from Kāśī chants ‘Kāśī’ thrice with a rosary; before him a radiant path opens, ending in a luminous silhouette of Viśvanātha and the Gaṅgā—liberation ‘shining in front’.
FAQs
Persistent japa of the Kāśī name is portrayed as so efficacious that it brings the fruit of liberation even without physical proximity.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), especially through nāma-japa that carries Kāśī’s merit beyond the place itself.
Repetitive japa—explicitly chanting ‘Kāśī’ continuously as a stabilizing spiritual practice.