Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
दत्तात्रेयस्य तत्रास्ति तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यपावनम् । योगसिद्धिं लभे तत्र स्नानमात्रेण भावतः
dattātreyasya tatrāsti tīrthaṃ trailokyapāvanam | yogasiddhiṃ labhe tatra snānamātreṇa bhāvataḥ
वहाँ दत्तात्रेय का तीर्थ भी है, जो त्रैलोक्य को पावन करने वाला है। श्रद्धाभाव से वहाँ केवल स्नान करने पर योग-सिद्धि अवश्य प्राप्त होती है।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Dattātreya-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A quiet ghat shaded by trees; a yogic pilgrim bathes and then sits in meditation; Dattātreya appears as a serene guru figure (often iconographically with multiple attributes), radiating purity that seems to cleanse the three worlds symbolized by three luminous spheres.
FAQs
Inner disposition (bhāva) is central: faith joined to tīrtha-practice becomes a catalyst for purification and yogic maturity.
Dattātreya-tīrtha (Datta-tīrtha) in Kāśī, praised as ‘purifier of the three worlds’.
Snāna-mātra—bathing alone, explicitly to be done with bhāva (sincere devotional intent).