Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
शिवनामस्मरणतो मदीयमपि पातकम् । मंदीभूतं ततस्तेन प्रवेशं लब्धवानहम्
śivanāmasmaraṇato madīyamapi pātakam | maṃdībhūtaṃ tatastena praveśaṃ labdhavānaham
شِو کے نام کے سمرن سے میرا اپنا گناہ بھی کمزور پڑ گیا؛ اور اسی سبب میں نے بھی (اس کے ساتھ) داخلہ پا لیا۔
Preta (departed spirit) (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: muni (sage)
Scene: The attacker’s face softens; dark smoke-like sin dissipates from his body; the mendicant leads him through a threshold—an archway toward a shrine/ghat—symbolizing ‘entry’ gained by nāma-smaraṇa.
FAQs
Remembrance of Śiva’s Name weakens the force of sin and opens a path otherwise barred—illustrating nāma’s saving grace.
The Kāśī setting is implicit; the verse emphasizes the salvific power of Śiva-nāma within Kāśī’s sacred narrative.
Nāma-smaraṇa (remembering/chanting Śiva’s Name) is the implied spiritual practice.