Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76
तदिहाक्षयतामेतु तस्येश त्वदनुग्रहात् । तव प्रसादात्तस्येश सर्वमक्षयमस्तु तत्
tadihākṣayatāmetu tasyeśa tvadanugrahāt | tava prasādāttasyeśa sarvamakṣayamastu tat
پس اے ربّ، تیری عنایت سے یہاں اس پُنّیہ کو اَکھَیَتا (ناقابلِ زوال) نصیب ہو۔ اے ربّ، تیری کرم نوازی سے اس کا سب کچھ ہی اَکھَی (ہمیشہ قائم) رہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Addressed to Īśa/Īśvara within the verse; overall audience is the listener of Kāśī-māhātmya
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī offers folded hands before a radiant Śiva-liṅga; a gentle shower of sacred light signifies prasāda making the merit ‘akṣaya’.
FAQs
In Kāśī, the enduringness of spiritual fruit is ultimately secured by Śiva’s grace (anugraha/prasāda).
Kāśī as the ‘here’ (iha) where merit is prayed to become akṣaya through Śiva’s favor.
A devotional prescription: seeking Śiva’s prasāda so that one’s puṇya becomes imperishable.