Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
स्नात्वा भागीरथी तीर्थे कृत्वा श्राद्धं विधानवित् । दत्त्वा दानं च पात्रेभ्यो न भूयो गर्भभाग्भवेत्
snātvā bhāgīrathī tīrthe kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ vidhānavit | dattvā dānaṃ ca pātrebhyo na bhūyo garbhabhāgbhavet
バーギーラティー・ティールタで沐浴し、規定にかなってシュラーダを修し、ふさわしい受者にダーナ（布施）を捧げれば、もはや再び胎内に宿って生まれ出ることはない。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Bhāgīrathī-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim completes a sequence at the Gaṅgā ghāṭ: bathing at dawn, then performing śrāddha with piṇḍa and tila-water offerings, then giving dāna to a learned brāhmaṇa; the river glows, suggesting cessation of rebirth.
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Liberation is tied to a complete dharmic pattern: purification (snāna), ancestral duty (śrāddha), and generosity (dāna).
Bhāgīrathī Tīrtha on the Gaṅgā in Kāśī.
Bathing at the tīrtha, performing śrāddha with proper procedure, and giving dāna to worthy recipients.