Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 9
परितः सरितः स्वच्छा भूतानां मानसैः सह
paritaḥ saritaḥ svacchā bhūtānāṃ mānasaiḥ saha
ચારેય તરફ નદીઓ નિર્મળ થઈ ગઈ, અને તેમની સાથે પ્રાણીઓના મન પણ સ્વચ્છ, શાંત અને પ્રસન્ન બન્યા।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Gaṅgā-sannidhi implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A serene Kāśī panorama: clear flowing waters encircling the kṣetra; pilgrims’ faces softened into calm, with a luminous stillness in the air.
FAQs
Outer purity and inner purity mirror each other; when grace arises, nature and consciousness both become clear.
The broader Kāśī setting is implied; this verse speaks generally of rivers rather than a named tīrtha like Gaṅgā-ghāṭa or specific kuṇḍa.
No explicit rite is stated; the imagery supports tīrtha-snānā and inner cleansing as a Purāṇic ideal.