Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
कदाचित्तस्य देवस्य दर्शने याति जाह्नवी । मत्स्योदरी सा कथिता स्नानं पुण्यैरवाप्यते
kadācittasya devasya darśane yāti jāhnavī | matsyodarī sā kathitā snānaṃ puṇyairavāpyate
ક્યારેક તે દેવના દર્શન માટે જાહ્નવી (ગંગા) ત્યાં જાય છે. તેણી જ ‘મત્સ્યોદરી’ કહેવાય છે; ત્યાં સ્નાન કરવાથી મહાપુણ્ય પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Matsyodarī (Jāhnavī-Gaṅgā manifestation)
Type: ghat
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)
Scene: Gaṅgā as a goddess approaches to ‘see’ Nādeśa; the Matsyodarī waters shimmer as pilgrims bathe at dawn, offering arghya toward the shrine on the bank.
FAQs
When Gaṅgā herself honors a deity and place, the tīrtha becomes especially meritorious; bathing there supports purification and dharmic uplift.
Matsyodarī in Kāśī, associated with Gaṅgā’s movement and sacred bathing.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Matsyodarī is praised as puṇya-bestowing.