Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
यथा नदी यथा भृंगी सोमनंदी यथा तथा । त्वं भविष्यसि भक्तो मे जरामरणवर्जितः
yathā nadī yathā bhṛṃgī somanaṃdī yathā tathā | tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi bhakto me jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ
“جیسے ندی، جیسے بھِرِنگی، اور جیسے سومنندی—ویسے ہی تُو بھی میرا بھکت ہوگا، بڑھاپے اور موت سے پاک۔”
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Jaigīṣavya
Scene: Śiva points to archetypal devotees—Bhṛṅgī and other attendants—while blessing Jaigīṣavya with a radiant aura signifying freedom from aging and death.
FAQs
Steadfast devotion to Śiva is portrayed as transcending mortality, aligning the devotee with exemplary bhaktas.
The verse belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, where Kāśī’s spiritual atmosphere is linked with Śiva-bhakti and liberation-like attainments.
No explicit ritual is stated; the emphasis is on bhakti as the decisive discipline.