Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
केदारोदकपानेन यथा तत्र फलं भवेत् । तथात्र जायते पुंसां स्त्रीणां चापि न संशयः
kedārodakapānena yathā tatra phalaṃ bhavet | tathātra jāyate puṃsāṃ strīṇāṃ cāpi na saṃśayaḥ
Sebagaimana di sana, di Kedāra, buah pahala timbul dari meminum air Kedāra, demikian pula di sini, di Kāśī, pahala yang sama terbit bagi laki-laki maupun perempuan—tanpa keraguan.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kedāra-udaka in Kāśī
Type: kund
Listener: General devotees; explicitly inclusive of men and women
Scene: A devotee receives a small vessel of ‘Kedāra-water’ at a Kāśī shrine; men and women stand together, sipping reverently; the shrine’s liṅga glows, suggesting the trans-local sanctity of the water.
FAQs
Sacred merit is not limited by distance; Kāśī mystically grants the same tīrtha-fruit as Kedāra.
Kedāra/Kedāreśvara and its sanctified water, as mirrored within Kāśī.
Drinking (pāna) of Kedāra-water as a merit-bearing act.