Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
यद्यस्तिकिंचित्षड्वक्त्र गंगास्नानफलप्रदम् । विधानांतरमात्रेण तद्वद प्रणताय मे
yadyastikiṃcitṣaḍvaktra gaṃgāsnānaphalapradam | vidhānāṃtaramātreṇa tadvada praṇatāya me
Oh Ṣaḍvaktra, si existe alguna práctica que, por un método alterno, conceda el fruto del baño en la Gaṅgā, dímela a mí, que me inclino ante ti.
Agastya
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (benchmark)
Type: river
Listener: Skanda (Ṣaḍvaktra)
Scene: A devotee bows low before six-faced Skanda, hands joined, asking for an alternative rite that equals Gaṅgā bathing.
FAQs
Humble inquiry and devotion seek a dharmic, accessible substitute for a great pilgrimage act.
The Gaṅgā, whose bathing-fruit is treated as the gold standard of tīrtha merit.
A request for an alternative vidhāna (procedure) that yields the same fruit as Gaṅgā-snānā.