Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
स्कंद उवाच । मुनऽत्र मैत्रावरुणे यथा देवेन भाषितम् । शुणु त्रिपथगामिन्या माहात्म्यं पातकापहम्
skaṃda uvāca | muna'tra maitrāvaruṇe yathā devena bhāṣitam | śuṇu tripathagāminyā māhātmyaṃ pātakāpaham
Skanda dit : Ô sage Maitrāvaruṇa (Agastya), écoute ici la grandeur de Celle aux trois voies (la Gaṅgā), qui efface les péchés, telle qu’elle fut dite par le Seigneur.
Skanda
Tirtha: Tripathagā Gaṅgā
Type: river
Listener: Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa)
Scene: Skanda addresses Agastya (Maitrāvaruṇa), inviting him to listen to Gaṅgā’s sin-destroying greatness exactly as spoken by the Lord.
FAQs
Listening (śravaṇa) to tīrtha-māhātmya is itself dharmic: it orients the mind toward purification and pilgrimage faith.
Gaṅgā, praised as Tripathagāminī, central to Kāśī’s tīrtha identity.
A listening/recitation context is implied—hear the māhātmya as taught by authoritative tradition.