अनेकजन्मजनित महापापाद्रिवज्रिणि । नामोच्चारकृतां पुंसां महाश्रेयो विधायिनि
anekajanmajanita mahāpāpādrivajriṇi | nāmoccārakṛtāṃ puṃsāṃ mahāśreyo vidhāyini
Hỡi Kāśī! Ngài như kim cang phá tan núi đại tội tích tụ qua vô số đời. Chỉ cần xưng niệm danh Ngài, con người liền được ban đại thiện, phúc lành tối thượng.
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.