Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
विश्वेशाख्या तु जिह्वाग्रे विश्वनाथकथाश्रुतौ । विश्वेशशीलनं चित्ते यस्य तस्य जनिः कुतः
viśveśākhyā tu jihvāgre viśvanāthakathāśrutau | viśveśaśīlanaṃ citte yasya tasya janiḥ kutaḥ
جس کی زبان کی نوک پر ‘وشویش’ کا نام ہو، جس کے کان وشناتھ کی کتھائیں امرت کی طرح سنتے ہوں، اور جس کا دل برابر وشویش کا دھیان کرے—ایسے شخص پر پھر جنم کیسے آ سکتا ہے؟
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context often Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Viśveśvara (Kāśī Viśvanātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devarṣi/ṛṣis (typical Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Scene: A devotee in Kāśī: tongue uttering “Viśveśa,” ears attentive to Śiva-kathā recited by a paṇḍita, and heart visualized as holding Viśveśvara’s liṅga—Ganga and temple spires in the background.
FAQs
Chanting Viśveśa’s name, hearing Viśvanātha’s sacred stories, and steady inner contemplation together become a direct cause for freedom from rebirth.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), centered on Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha, is implied as the sacred locus of this teaching.
No external rite is specified; the prescription is nāma-japa (uttering Viśveśa), śravaṇa (hearing kathā), and mānasa-bhajana (inner contemplation).