अनेकजन्मजनित महापापाद्रिवज्रिणि । नामोच्चारकृतां पुंसां महाश्रेयो विधायिनि
anekajanmajanita mahāpāpādrivajriṇi | nāmoccārakṛtāṃ puṃsāṃ mahāśreyo vidhāyini
اے کاشی! تو بے شمار جنموں میں جمع ہونے والے مہاپاپ کے پہاڑ پر بجلی کے وجر کی مانند ہے۔ محض تیرے نام کے اُچار سے ہی تو انسانوں کو عظیم ترین بھلائی اور اعلیٰ ترین فلاح عطا کرتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
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Scene: A colossal dark mountain labeled ‘mahāpāpa’ cracks as a luminous thunderbolt marked ‘Kāśī-nāma’ strikes; devotees with folded hands utter the name, and light radiates toward a distant Viśveśvara shrine and Gaṅgā.
Even remembrance and utterance of Kāśī’s name is taught as a potent purifier that destroys deep-rooted sin.
Kāśī itself, praised as pāpa-hara (sin-destroying) through its very name.
Nāma-uccāra (uttering the holy name of Kāśī) is highlighted as a spiritually efficacious act.