Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
भूतं भावि भवच्चापि संशयं मा वृथा कृथाः । इत्युक्त्वा पुनराहेशो गंगामाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
bhūtaṃ bhāvi bhavaccāpi saṃśayaṃ mā vṛthā kṛthāḥ | ityuktvā punarāheśo gaṃgāmāhātmyamuttamam
ಭೂತ, ಭವಿಷ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ವರ್ತಮಾನ—ಈ ವಿಷಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವ್ಯರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ಸಂಶಯಿಸಬೇಡ. ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಪ್ರಭುವು ಮತ್ತೆ ಗಂಗೆಯ ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದರು.
Śiva
Tirtha: Gaṅgā
Type: river
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: Śiva concludes a firm admonition against doubt about past/future/present and turns to narrate the supreme greatness of Gaṅgā.
FAQs
Faithful listening to sacred narration is encouraged; needless skepticism is discouraged when the teaching is rooted in dharma tradition.
Gaṅgā as the preeminent tīrtha, particularly as celebrated in Kāśī Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite; it signals the beginning/continuation of Gaṅgā’s praise and sacred account.