Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
स्नातो दशहरायां यः पूजयेल्लिंगमुत्तमम् । भक्त्या दशाश्वमेधेशं न तं गर्भदशा स्पृशेत्
snāto daśaharāyāṃ yaḥ pūjayelliṃgamuttamam | bhaktyā daśāśvamedheśaṃ na taṃ garbhadaśā spṛśet
Quiconque, après s’être baigné à Daśaharā, vénère avec dévotion le liṅga suprême—Daśāśvamedheśa—ne sera plus atteint par l’état de demeurer dans le sein maternel.
Skanda
Tirtha: Daśāśvamedha / Daśāśvamedheśa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee, freshly bathed, approaches the liṅga with bilva and water; the womb-cycle is symbolically shown as a fading shadow behind, while a calm light surrounds the shrine.
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Devotional worship joined with tīrtha-bathing is framed as a mokṣa-oriented practice that ends the cycle of rebirth.
Daśāśvamedheśa liṅga at the Daśāśvamedha sacred area in Kāśī.
Snāna on Daśaharā followed by bhakti-pūjā of the Daśāśvamedheśa liṅga.