Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
आंबरीषमहातीर्थमघघ्नं तस्य सन्निधौ । तत्रौदकीं क्रियां कुर्वन्निष्कालुष्यं लभेन्नरः
āṃbarīṣamahātīrthamaghaghnaṃ tasya sannidhau | tatraudakīṃ kriyāṃ kurvanniṣkāluṣyaṃ labhennaraḥ
उसके निकट पापों का नाश करने वाला अम्बरीष-महातीर्थ है। वहाँ उदक-क्रिया (जल-सम्बन्धी विधि) करने से मनुष्य मलिनता-रहित पवित्रता प्राप्त करता है।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Āmbārīṣa-mahā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Kāśī-māhātmya audience
Scene: A broad stone ghāṭa with a marked tīrtha spot; pilgrims scoop water in cupped hands offering tarpaṇa; a small shrine marker indicates Āmbārīṣa-tīrtha; the atmosphere is clean, bright, and purifying.
FAQs
Ritual purity and inner cleansing are intensified when dharmic water-rites are performed at a renowned tīrtha.
Āmbārīṣa-mahātīrtha, praised as aghaghna (destroyer of sin).
Performing udakī-kriyā—rites involving sacred water such as libations and purificatory acts.