Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
शुचिर्गंगांभसि स्नातो यो जपेच्छतरुद्रियम् । निर्वाणमंडपे ज्ञेयः स रुद्रो द्विजवेषभृत्
śucirgaṃgāṃbhasi snāto yo japecchatarudriyam | nirvāṇamaṃḍape jñeyaḥ sa rudro dvijaveṣabhṛt
जो शुद्ध होकर गङ्गाजल में स्नान करके शतरुद्रीय का जप करता है, उसे निर्वाण-मण्डप में द्विज-वेष धारण किए हुए स्वयं रुद्र ही जानो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī) and Nirvāṇa Maṇḍapa
Type: ghat
Listener: Purāṇic audience within Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from the Gaṅgā after snāna, wet hair and clean cloth, then stands/sits in a mandapa reciting Śatarudrīya; a subtle overlay shows Rudra’s form aligning with the reciter.
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Vedic devotion joined with purity and sacred place transforms the worshipper into a living presence of Rudra.
Gaṅgā in Kāśī and the Nirvāṇa Maṇḍapa precinct.
Bathing in Gaṅgā water and reciting the Śatarudrīya.