Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
सरसा मानसेनात्र पूर्वं तप्तं महातपः । अतस्तु मानसं तीर्थं जने ख्यातिमिदं गतम्
sarasā mānasenātra pūrvaṃ taptaṃ mahātapaḥ | atastu mānasaṃ tīrthaṃ jane khyātimidaṃ gatam
ইয়াত প্ৰাচীন কালত সরসা আৰু মানসাই মহাতপস্যা কৰিছিল; সেয়েহে এই স্থান জনসাধাৰণৰ মাজত ‘মানসতীৰ্থ’ নামে খ্যাত হ’ল।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśī Khaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Mānasatīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: Two ascetic feminine figures—Sarasā and Mānasā—performing intense austerities beside a quiet kund in Kāśī; fire of tapas visualized as a subtle aura; the tirtha’s name inscribed or spoken by a narrator.
FAQs
Austerity (tapas) performed by revered beings consecrates a place, making it a lasting tīrtha for public uplift.
Mānasatīrtha, named due to the tapas associated with Sarasā and Mānasā.
No explicit rite is commanded here; the verse explains the tīrtha’s sanctifying origin through tapas.