Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
पतितं तद्धि गृध्रास्याद्वाहीकस्य द्विजन्मनः । हरे विमानं तत्कालमापन्नं सुरसद्मतः
patitaṃ taddhi gṛdhrāsyādvāhīkasya dvijanmanaḥ | hare vimānaṃ tatkālamāpannaṃ surasadmataḥ
حقًّا، في تلك اللحظة زال عن فاهِيكا، المولود مرتين، حالُه ذو وجه النسر؛ ووصلت في الحال مركبةُ هاري السماوية من دار الآلهة.
Śiva (Īśvara) (continuation of narrative)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī-Gaṅgā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: (dialogue frame within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration)
Scene: A cursed, vulture-faced figure sheds the grotesque form; simultaneously a radiant Viṣṇu-associated vimāna descends from the heavens, illuminating the scene with blue-gold light.
FAQs
Sacred merit can overturn degraded karmic states, and divine grace (here symbolized by Hari’s vimāna) follows the purification gained through a tīrtha like Gaṅgā.
Gaṅgā as a liberating tīrtha, presented within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting.
No direct prescription; the narrative supports the belief that contact with Gaṅgā (and its merit) leads to immediate upliftment and divine escort.