Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
दत्तात्रेयस्य तत्रास्ति तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यपावनम् । योगसिद्धिं लभे तत्र स्नानमात्रेण भावतः
dattātreyasya tatrāsti tīrthaṃ trailokyapāvanam | yogasiddhiṃ labhe tatra snānamātreṇa bhāvataḥ
ત્યાં દત્તાત્રેયનું તીર્થ પણ છે, જે ત્રૈલોક્યને પાવન કરે છે. ભાવપૂર્વક ત્યાં માત્ર સ્નાન કરવાથી યોગસિદ્ધિ નિશ્ચિત રીતે પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Dattātreya-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A quiet ghat shaded by trees; a yogic pilgrim bathes and then sits in meditation; Dattātreya appears as a serene guru figure (often iconographically with multiple attributes), radiating purity that seems to cleanse the three worlds symbolized by three luminous spheres.
FAQs
Inner disposition (bhāva) is central: faith joined to tīrtha-practice becomes a catalyst for purification and yogic maturity.
Dattātreya-tīrtha (Datta-tīrtha) in Kāśī, praised as ‘purifier of the three worlds’.
Snāna-mātra—bathing alone, explicitly to be done with bhāva (sincere devotional intent).