Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
स्कंद उवाच । घटोद्भव महाप्राज्ञ शृणु पापप्रणोदिनीम् । ज्ञानवाप्याः समुत्पत्तिं कथ्यमानां मयाधुना
skaṃda uvāca | ghaṭodbhava mahāprājña śṛṇu pāpapraṇodinīm | jñānavāpyāḥ samutpattiṃ kathyamānāṃ mayādhunā
स्कन्द बोले—हे घटोद्भव महाप्राज्ञ! सुनिए, मैं अब पाप-नाशिनी ज्ञानवापी की उत्पत्ति का वर्णन करता हूँ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Jñānavāpī
Type: kund
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda begins teaching: addressing Agastya as ghaṭodbhava, he narrates the sin-dispelling origin of Jñānavāpī; the sacred well is envisioned as luminous, with subtle ripples and a sanctified aura.
FAQs
Hearing and knowing the origin of a sacred tīrtha is itself portrayed as purifying, because the tīrtha is a remover of sin.
Jñānavāpī in Kāśī.
Śravaṇa (devotional listening) is implied—listening to the tīrtha’s māhātmya as a purifying act.