Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
स्कंद उवाच । मित्रावरुणयोः पुत्र महिमानं ब्रवीमि ते । काश्यां दशाश्वमेधस्य सर्वतीर्थशिरोमणेः
skaṃda uvāca | mitrāvaruṇayoḥ putra mahimānaṃ bravīmi te | kāśyāṃ daśāśvamedhasya sarvatīrthaśiromaṇeḥ
स्कन्द बोले—हे मित्र और वरुण के पुत्र! मैं तुम्हें काशी में स्थित दशाश्वमेध—समस्त तीर्थों के शिरोमणि—की महिमा बताता हूँ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Daśāśvamedha (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya (Mitrāvaruṇayoḥ putra)
Scene: Skanda, radiant and youthful, addresses sage Agastya on the banks of the Gaṅgā at Daśāśvamedha; the ghat teems with pilgrims, lamps, and priests.
FAQs
Kāśī contains supremely potent tīrthas; Daśāśvamedha is singled out as foremost for spiritual merit.
Daśāśvamedha tīrtha in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Not yet; this verse introduces the forthcoming glorification of Daśāśvamedha.