Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
अग्निदाहमृता ये वै नाग्निदाहश्च येषु वै । ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायांति तीर्थे कापिलधारिके
agnidāhamṛtā ye vai nāgnidāhaśca yeṣu vai | te sarve tṛptimāyāṃti tīrthe kāpiladhārike
जो अग्निदाह से मरे और जिनका अग्निदाह नहीं हुआ—वे सभी कापिलधारिका तीर्थ में किए गए तर्पण-निवाप से तृप्ति को प्राप्त होते हैं।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kapiladhārikā
Type: ghat
Scene: At Kapiladhārikā’s waterside, a priest guides tarpaṇa; behind, symbolic flames and ash suggest those who died by burning; the river’s coolness signifies pacification.
FAQs
Kāśī’s tīrthas compassionately complete what was lacking in funerary rites, granting peace to the departed.
Kapiladhārikā Tīrtha in Kāśī.
Performing ancestral offerings (piṇḍa/tarpaṇa as implied) at Kapiladhārikā for those with irregular or absent cremation rites.