Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
गंगातीरे स्वशक्त्या यः कुर्याद्देवालयं सुधीः । अन्यतीर्थप्रतिष्ठातो भवेत्कोटिगुणं फलं
gaṃgātīre svaśaktyā yaḥ kuryāddevālayaṃ sudhīḥ | anyatīrthapratiṣṭhāto bhavetkoṭiguṇaṃ phalaṃ
الحكيم الذي يبني، بحسب طاقته، معبداً على ضفة الغانغا ينال ثمرةً تفوق بمئة مليون مرة ثمرةَ إقامته في أيّ موضعٍ آخر من مواضع الحجّ.
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīra (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: On the Gaṅgā bank, patrons and artisans raise a small temple; priests perform consecration rites; the river flows beside, symbolizing enduring merit.
FAQs
Sacred place amplifies sacred action; temple-building at Gaṅgā’s edge is portrayed as uniquely fruitful.
The Gaṅgā bank in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is extolled as surpassing other tīrthas for temple consecration.
Constructing and establishing (pratiṣṭhā) a devālaya, done within one’s means (svaśaktyā).