Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
महाघिनां महाघं च हरेत्पांचनदाद्बलात् । यं संचयति पापौघमावर्षं तीर्थनायकः । तमेकमज्जनादूर्जे त्यजेत्पंचनदे ध्रुवम्
mahāghināṃ mahāghaṃ ca haretpāṃcanadādbalāt | yaṃ saṃcayati pāpaughamāvarṣaṃ tīrthanāyakaḥ | tamekamajjanādūrje tyajetpaṃcanade dhruvam
Durch die Kraft von Pañcanada wird selbst die große Sünde großer Sünder hinweggenommen. Den Sündenstrom, den der „Führer der Tīrthas“ im Laufe des Jahres anhäuft, wirft er durch ein einziges Bad in Pañcanada im Monat Ūrja (Kārttika) gewiss ab.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pañcanada
Type: sangam
Scene: At Pañcanada in Kārttika dawn: five currents meet; a pilgrim steps into the water as dark sin-mass peels away like smoke; lamps float on the river, and the sky is clear with autumnal brightness.
FAQs
Sincere tīrtha-snāna at an exalted site and sacred season is said to break even heavy karmic burdens, reaffirming faith in dharma and purification.
Pañcanada, praised as powerful enough to remove even ‘mahāgha’ (great sin).
A single ritual bath (snāna) at Pañcanada in the month of Ūrja (Kārttika) is highlighted as especially efficacious.