Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
अस्यस्तोत्रस्य पठनान्नियतं मम संनिधौ । न दुर्वृत्तौ प्रवृत्तिः स्यादविवेकवतां नृणाम्
asyastotrasya paṭhanānniyataṃ mama saṃnidhau | na durvṛttau pravṛttiḥ syādavivekavatāṃ nṛṇām
诵此赞歌者，必定安住于我之前；即便缺乏明辨的人，也不会趋向恶行。
Śiva (Mahādeva)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Śiva-sannidhi through Vāyavya-stotra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee recites the hymn; behind him, a subtle aura indicates Śiva’s presence. Figures representing ‘men without discernment’ turn away from vice—gambling, anger, intoxication—toward the temple lamp and prayer.
FAQs
Keeping company with the Divine through remembrance and recitation naturally restrains unethical impulses.
Kāśī’s Śaiva ethos is the background—living in Śiva’s ‘presence’ is a hallmark theme of Kāśī Māhātmya.
Regular recitation (pāṭha) of the stotra as a spiritual safeguard.