Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
यो मंत्रं जपति प्रातः काशी वर्णद्वयात्मकम् । स तु लोकद्वयं जित्वा लोकातीतं व्रजेत्पदम्
yo maṃtraṃ japati prātaḥ kāśī varṇadvayātmakam | sa tu lokadvayaṃ jitvā lokātītaṃ vrajetpadam
Ai vào lúc rạng đông tụng niệm thần chú “Kāśī” gồm hai chữ, người ấy chinh phục cả hai cõi và đạt đến cảnh giới vượt ngoài mọi thế giới.
Śiva (in the Kāśī-stavana context)
Tirtha: Kāśī (two-letter mantra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At sunrise on the Gaṅgā, a devotee chants ‘Kāśī’; two luminous spheres labeled ‘this world’ and ‘next world’ are shown subdued beneath the mantra’s radiance, while a third, formless light opens upward—‘beyond worlds’.
FAQs
Simple mantra-japa connected to Kāśī is exalted as leading beyond worldly and otherworldly attainments to transcendence.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), whose name functions as a mantra.
Prātaḥ-japa: chanting the two-syllabled “Kāśī” mantra at dawn.