Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
ततोति निर्मलतरं शक्रतीर्थं नृपांगज । शुक्रद्वारा न जायेत यत्र स्नातो नरोत्तमः
tatoti nirmalataraṃ śakratīrthaṃ nṛpāṃgaja | śukradvārā na jāyeta yatra snāto narottamaḥ
પછી, હે રાજપુત્ર, વધુ નિર્મળ શક્ર-તીર્થ છે. ત્યાં સ્નાન કરનાર શ્રેષ્ઠ પુરુષ ‘શુક્ર-દ્વાર’થી ફરી જન્મ લેતો નથી.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Śakra-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: nṛpāṅgaja (prince)
Scene: A luminous tīrtha with a subtle Indra iconography—vajra motif on a small shrine pillar—while pilgrims bathe; the air feels ‘clear’ and bright, suggesting nirmalatā and release.
FAQs
Purity gained through tīrtha-bathing is framed as liberation-oriented, cutting the cycle of embodied re-entry.
Śakra-tīrtha, associated with Śakra/Indra, praised as exceptionally purifying in Kāśī.
Snāna at Śakra-tīrtha; the fruit is described as avoiding further birth (in a figurative ‘Śukra-gate’ expression).