Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
तं स्तंभं समलंकृत्य नरस्तत्पदमाप्नुयात् । तत्रैव तीर्थं परमं कपालेश समीपतः
taṃ staṃbhaṃ samalaṃkṛtya narastatpadamāpnuyāt | tatraiva tīrthaṃ paramaṃ kapāleśa samīpataḥ
તે સ્તંભને યોગ્ય રીતે અલંકૃત કરવાથી મનુષ્ય તે પરમ પદને પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે. ત્યાં જ કપાલેશના સમીપ પરમ તીર્થ છે.
Skanda
Tirtha: Paramam tīrtham near Kapāleśa (within Mahāśmaśāna vicinity)
Type: ghat
Scene: Devotees garland a tall pillar with marigolds and bilva; lamps are placed at its base. In the background, a small shrine of Kapāleśa and a nearby water-spot (tīrtha) are visible, suggesting a compact sacred circuit leading to parama-pada.
FAQs
Devotional service to Kāśī’s sacred emblems is presented as a direct cause for attaining the highest spiritual station.
The Mahāśmaśāna pillar and the supreme tīrtha located near Kapāleśa.
Samalaṅkāra—decorating/adorning the sacred pillar (a form of pūjā/upacāra).