Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
अनाथवत्सलाऽमोघाऽपांयोनिरमृतप्रदा । अव्यक्तलक्षणाऽक्षोभ्या ऽनवच्छिन्नाऽपराजिता
anāthavatsalā'moghā'pāṃyoniramṛtapradā | avyaktalakṣaṇā'kṣobhyā 'navacchinnā'parājitā
তেওঁ অনাথৰ প্ৰতি স্নেহশীলা, কৃপাত অমোঘ; জলসমূহৰ যোনি/মূল উৎস, অমৃতত্ব দানকাৰিণী। তেওঁৰ লক্ষণ অব্যক্ত, সম্পূৰ্ণ ধৰা নপৰা; অক্ষোভ্যা, অবচ্ছিন্ন আৰু অপৰাজিতা।
Skanda (contextual attribution within Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (as Āpāṃ Yoni)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gaṅgā depicted as compassionate mother leaning toward helpless devotees on the ghāṭ steps; her form is subtle—half-seen in mist—yet her flow is steady and unconquered.
FAQs
Divine compassion is especially directed toward the unprotected; Gaṅgā’s grace is described as steady, invincible, and spiritually life-giving.
Gaṅgā as the supreme tīrtha within Kāśī’s sacred geography, the river whose presence defines pilgrimage and purification.
No explicit prescription; the verse functions as a stuti (praise) establishing Gaṅgā’s salvific qualities that undergird acts like snāna and japa.