Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
श्रुतं नामापि लिंगस्य यस्य जन्मत्रयार्जितम् । वृजिनं नाशयेत्तस्य प्रादुर्भावं ब्रुवे मुने
śrutaṃ nāmāpi liṃgasya yasya janmatrayārjitam | vṛjinaṃ nāśayettasya prādurbhāvaṃ bruve mune
جس لِنگ کا نام بھی سن لیا جائے تو تین جنموں کے جمع شدہ پاپ نَشٹ ہو جاتے ہیں؛ اس لیے، اے مُنی، میں اس کے پرادُربھاو کا بیان کرتا ہوں۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Ratneśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda declares the extraordinary power: merely hearing the liṅga’s name destroys sins of three births; the scene conveys a wave of sonic sanctity, as if the name itself radiates light.
FAQs
Divine names are purifying; sincere hearing/remembrance of a sacred liṅga’s name can eradicate deep karmic impurity.
The Ratneśvara liṅga tradition in Kāśī is being introduced through its name-hearing benefit.
Nāma-śravaṇa (hearing the sacred name) is presented as spiritually efficacious.