Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
भौमाष्टम्यां तत्र नरः स्नात्वा संतर्पयेत्पितॄन् । दृष्ट्वा च भैरवं कालं कलिं कालं च संजयेत्
bhaumāṣṭamyāṃ tatra naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpayetpitṝn | dṛṣṭvā ca bhairavaṃ kālaṃ kaliṃ kālaṃ ca saṃjayet
في يوم بهاوما أَشْتَمي (Bhāuma Aṣṭamī)، ينبغي للرجل أن يغتسل هناك ويُرضي الأسلاف بالقرابين. ثم إذا شاهد بهايرافا—وهو الزمان ذاته—غلب كالي وغلب حتى الزمان.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Bhairava Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Tuesday Aṣṭamī: devotees at dawn bathe, then stand waist-deep offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; later they behold fierce Kālabhairava with lamps; the air feels charged, as if time itself pauses.
FAQs
Right timing, ancestor-duty, and Bhairava-darśana together symbolize mastery over fear—Kali’s chaos and even the dread of time/death.
The context is Bhairava Tīrtha in Kāśī.
On Bhāuma Aṣṭamī: snāna at the tīrtha and pitṛ-tarpaṇa/saṃtarpana (offerings to ancestors), along with Bhairava darśana.