Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
त्रिलोचनेति सततं नाम भक्तैरुदाहृतम् । त्रिविष्टपेति च तथा तयोः कर्णातिथी भवेत्
trilocaneti satataṃ nāma bhaktairudāhṛtam | triviṣṭapeti ca tathā tayoḥ karṇātithī bhavet
Các tín đồ luôn miệng xưng tụng danh hiệu “Trilocana”, và cũng vậy “Triviṣṭapa”; đôi chim ấy như đón nhận những âm thanh ấy làm khách nơi tai mình, lắng nghe không ngơi.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) speaking to Agastya
Tirtha: Trilocana-śiva (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-seeker interlocutor
Scene: Devotees chant ‘Trilocana’ and ‘Triviṣṭapa’ near the sanctum; the pigeon pair perches close, heads tilted as if drinking in the names.
FAQs
Śravaṇa and nāma—hearing and repeating the divine name—sanctify the listener and cultivate devotion.
Trilocana Śiva’s sacred area in Kāśī, where devotees continually invoke the deity by name.
Continuous nāmoccāraṇa (uttering the name) of Śiva—especially ‘Trilocana’—and attentive listening to it.