जगदीशाय जीर्णाय जराजन्महराय ते । जीवायते नमस्तुभ्यं जंजपूकादिहारिणे
jagadīśāya jīrṇāya jarājanmaharāya te | jīvāyate namastubhyaṃ jaṃjapūkādihāriṇe
اے جہان کے مالک، ازل سے قدیم، جو بڑھاپا اور بار بار جنم کو مٹا دیتا ہے—تجھے نمسکار۔ اے سب جیووں کی جان، جو بخار وغیرہ آفتوں کو دور کرنے والا ہے—تجھے نمونم۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī (mokṣa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva as ancient yet ever-youthful presence, radiating calm; a devotee afflicted by fever bows and is soothed; subtle imagery of a broken wheel of rebirth behind, signifying jarā-janma-haraṇa.
Śiva is invoked as both liberator from saṃsāra (birth and aging) and remover of worldly suffering, uniting mokṣa and well-being.
Kāśī’s Śiva (Viśveśvara) is the implied focus within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting.
No explicit rite; the verse supports nāma-smaraṇa and stotra-japa for spiritual and protective merit.