Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
तप्तकृच्छ्रं चरन्विप्रो जलक्षीरघृतानिलान् । एतांस्त्र्यहं पिबेदुष्णान्सकृत्स्नायी समाहितः
taptakṛcchraṃ caranvipro jalakṣīraghṛtānilān | etāṃstryahaṃ pibeduṣṇānsakṛtsnāyī samāhitaḥ
En accomplissant le Tapta-kṛcchra, le brāhmane doit boire—tièdes—l’eau, le lait et le ghee, puis subsister d’air; chacun durant trois jours, se baignant une fois par jour, ferme et recueilli.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: An ascetic performs Tapta-kṛcchra: sipping warm liquids from a small vessel, then meditating in near-fasting; a single daily bath at a ghat, posture steady and composed.
FAQs
Atonement is paired with mindfulness—controlled intake, purity practices, and mental steadiness are treated as one discipline.
The teaching belongs to Kāśī’s dharma-instruction setting; the city’s sanctity frames these observances as spiritually efficacious.
Tapta-kṛcchra: three-day cycles of warm water, warm milk, warm ghee, and then air-only sustenance, with one daily bath.