Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
तप्तकृच्छ्रं चरन्विप्रो जलक्षीरघृतानिलान् । एतांस्त्र्यहं पिबेदुष्णान्सकृत्स्नायी समाहितः
taptakṛcchraṃ caranvipro jalakṣīraghṛtānilān | etāṃstryahaṃ pibeduṣṇānsakṛtsnāyī samāhitaḥ
عند أداء «تَپْتَ كṛتشرا»، على البراهمن أن يشرب—دافئًا—الماء واللبن والسمن المصفّى، ثم يقتات بالهواء؛ يفعل كلّ ذلك ثلاثة أيام ثلاثة، ويغتسل مرة كل يوم، ثابتًا هادئًا جامعًا قلبه.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: An ascetic performs Tapta-kṛcchra: sipping warm liquids from a small vessel, then meditating in near-fasting; a single daily bath at a ghat, posture steady and composed.
FAQs
Atonement is paired with mindfulness—controlled intake, purity practices, and mental steadiness are treated as one discipline.
The teaching belongs to Kāśī’s dharma-instruction setting; the city’s sanctity frames these observances as spiritually efficacious.
Tapta-kṛcchra: three-day cycles of warm water, warm milk, warm ghee, and then air-only sustenance, with one daily bath.