गंगायां तु नरः स्नात्वा यो लिंगं नित्यमर्चति । एकेन जन्मना मुक्तिं परां प्राप्नोति स ध्रुवम्
gaṃgāyāṃ tu naraḥ snātvā yo liṃgaṃ nityamarcati | ekena janmanā muktiṃ parāṃ prāpnoti sa dhruvam
Wer jedoch in der heiligen Gaṅgā badet und danach täglich den Liṅga verehrt, erlangt gewiss schon in einem einzigen Leben die höchste Befreiung (mokṣa).
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A disciplined sādhaka at dawn completes Gaṅgā bath, then enters a small shrine to worship a liṅga with bilva and water; behind, a subtle vision of liberation—light opening upward—suggests ‘eka-janma’ certainty.
A disciplined union of tīrtha-sevā (Gaṅgā bathing) and nitya-bhakti (daily Liṅga worship) is praised as a direct path to liberation.
Gaṅgā in Kāśī, alongside the Śiva-liṅga worship tradition of the sacred city.
Bathe in the Gaṅgā and worship the Śiva-liṅga daily (nitya-arcana).