Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
अष्टांगार्घो यमुद्दिष्टस्त्वतीव रवितोषणः । गांगैर्वार्भिः कोटिगुणो ज्ञेयो विष्णोऽन्यवारितः
aṣṭāṃgārgho yamuddiṣṭastvatīva ravitoṣaṇaḥ | gāṃgairvārbhiḥ koṭiguṇo jñeyo viṣṇo'nyavāritaḥ
উপদেশিত এই অষ্টাঙ্গ অৰ্ঘ্য সূৰ্যদেৱক অতিশয় সন্তুষ্ট কৰে। গঙ্গাজলে অৰ্পণ কৰিলে ইয়াৰ পুণ্য কোটিগুণ হয়—এয়া বিষ্ণুৰ অবিৰোধ ঘোষণা।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-jala (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee offers an eightfold arghya at the Gaṅgā; the water glows as it streams from the hands; Sūrya’s rays intensify, and a subtle Viṣṇu-like divine affirmation appears as a celestial inscription or presence.
FAQs
Right ritual form joined to the sanctity of Gaṅgā water multiplies merit and pleases the deity profoundly.
Gaṅgā in Kāśī—Gaṅgā-jala is presented as uniquely potent for arghya and allied rites.
Offering the prescribed eightfold arghya to Sūrya, ideally using Gaṅgā water for greatly increased merit.