Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97
उग्रः कनखलात्तीर्थादाविरासेह सिद्धिदः । तद्विलोकनतो नृणामुग्रं पापं प्रणश्यति
ugraḥ kanakhalāttīrthādāvirāseha siddhidaḥ | tadvilokanato nṛṇāmugraṃ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati
Ugra, der Spender von Erfolg und Vollendung, offenbarte sich hier aus dem Tīrtha von Kanakhala. Schon durch sein bloßes Schauen werden die furchtbaren Sünden der Menschen vernichtet.
Skanda
Tirtha: Ugra (from Kanakhala tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ugra, a fierce success-giving deity, appears in Kāśī with an implied origin from Kanakhala; the composition juxtaposes a faint memory of Haridwar’s Gaṅgā ghāṭs with Kāśī’s lanes, while devotees gain relief as dark ‘ugra pāpa’ dissipates upon darśana.
FAQs
The Purāṇa exalts Kāśī as a place where divine manifestations make liberation tangible—darśana itself burns away grave sin.
The manifestation of Ugra in Kāśī, linked to Kanakhala tīrtha.
No elaborate rite; the stated practice is darśana (tad-vilokana) for sin-destruction.