Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
कलावती चित्रपटीं पश्यंतीत्थं मुहुर्मुहुः । ज्ञानवापीं ददर्शाथ श्रीविश्वेश्वरदक्षिणे
kalāvatī citrapaṭīṃ paśyaṃtītthaṃ muhurmuhuḥ | jñānavāpīṃ dadarśātha śrīviśveśvaradakṣiṇe
Tandis que Kalāvatī contemplait sans cesse l’étoffe merveilleusement peinte, elle aperçut alors Jñānavāpī—au sud de Śrī Viśveśvara—révélée comme un saint repère de Kāśī.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Jñānavāpī (Jñānavāpikā)
Type: kund
Scene: Kalāvatī pauses mid-journey, repeatedly gazing at a wondrous painted cloth; then the sacred well Jñānavāpī appears to her sight, positioned south of the Viśveśvara shrine, as if the city’s map becomes a divine vision.
FAQs
Sacred places in Kāśī are not merely locations but revelations; attentive vision leads one to recognize tīrthas connected to Śiva’s presence.
Jñānavāpī, identified specifically as situated to the south of Śrī Viśveśvara in Kāśī.
None explicitly in this verse; it primarily provides sacred topography and recognition of the tīrtha.