Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 147
अब्दं जप्तमिदं स्तोत्रं पुत्रदं नात्र संशयः । इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे बालः सोपि विप्रो गृहं गतः
abdaṃ japtamidaṃ stotraṃ putradaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | ityuktvāṃtardadhe bālaḥ sopi vipro gṛhaṃ gataḥ
‘اگر اس منترانہ حمد کو ایک سال تک جپا جائے تو یہ بیٹا عطا کرتی ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔’ یہ کہہ کر وہ لڑکا غائب ہو گیا، اور وہ برہمن بھی اپنے گھر لوٹ گیا۔
Narrator (within Skanda’s discourse; exact voice not explicit in verse)
Tirtha: Kāśī (narrative milieu)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A young boy (possibly divine) gives a final assurance to a brāhmaṇa; as the brāhmaṇa watches, the boy dissolves into light and vanishes; the brāhmaṇa then turns homeward, relieved and hopeful.
FAQs
Faithful long-term practice (abda-japa) is portrayed as efficacious, with results granted by divine arrangement.
The episode belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred setting, where Śiva-oriented stotra practice is especially fruitful.
Japa/recitation of the stotra for one year, with the stated fruit of putradāna (offspring blessing).