Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 20
सन्मनोभिरिवात्यच्छैरनच्छैर्व्योमवर्त्मवत् । ज्योत्स्नावदुज्ज्वलच्छायैः पावनैः शंभुनामवत्
sanmanobhirivātyacchairanacchairvyomavartmavat | jyotsnāvadujjvalacchāyaiḥ pāvanaiḥ śaṃbhunāmavat
Ces eaux étaient d’une limpidité extrême, telles des esprits nobles ; sans tache comme les voies du ciel ; lumineuses comme le clair de lune, et purifiantes comme les Noms mêmes de Śambhu.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī tīrtha-jala (Gaṅgā-associated, implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Crystal-clear sacred water gleams like moonlight; above it, an open, stainless sky-path motif; the scene visually equates pure water with noble minds and Śambhu’s names as radiant cleansing light.
FAQs
Purification comes through both sacred substance and sacred sound—tīrtha water and Śiva’s name alike cleanse the heart.
Kāśī, where the sanctity of its waters is praised as equal in purity to Śiva’s holy names.
Implied practice: purification through abhiṣeka and through Śambhu-nāma (name-recitation/japa).