Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
ततोपि मिलितागत्य किरणा रविणैधिता । यन्नामस्मरणादेव महामोहोंधतां व्रजेत्
tatopi militāgatya kiraṇā raviṇaidhitā | yannāmasmaraṇādeva mahāmohoṃdhatāṃ vrajet
پھر وہاں کرِنا بھی آ کر شامل ہوئی، جو سورج کی قوت سے تقویت یافتہ تھی؛ جس کے نام کے محض سمرن سے ہی عظیم فریب خود اندھا ہو کر بے اثر ہو جاتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kiraṇā (within Pañcanada confluence system)
Type: sangam
Scene: A bright, sunlit stream named Kiraṇā merges into the confluence; rays descend from the Sun, and a pilgrim’s dark veil of confusion is shown dissolving into light.
FAQs
Nāma-smaraṇa (remembering the sacred name) is presented as a direct means of dispelling delusion, paralleling the Sun’s power to remove darkness.
The growing confluence associated with Pañcanada in Kāśī, now including the stream named Kiraṇā.
Implicit japa/smaraṇa: remembrance of the tīrtha/river’s name is itself said to confer a purifying, delusion-destroying effect.