Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
मृकंडस्य मुनेस्तीर्थं तद्याम्यामतिनिर्मलम । तत्र स्नानेन मर्त्यानां नापायमरणं क्वचित्
mṛkaṃḍasya munestīrthaṃ tadyāmyāmatinirmalama | tatra snānena martyānāṃ nāpāyamaraṇaṃ kvacit
ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮೃಕಂಡ ಮುನಿಯ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ನಿರ್ಮಲ ತೀರ್ಥವು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ ಮನುಷ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಅಪಾಯಮರಣವೂ ಅಶುಭಮರಣವೂ ಸಂಭವಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Mṛkaṇḍu-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A serene southern Kāśī riverbank: a small tīrtha-spot marked by a simple shrine or liṅga, with a sage-associated emblem; pilgrims bathe with folded hands as the Gaṅgā glows at dawn.
FAQs
Kāśī’s tīrthas protect devotees: sincere bathing at a praised ford is said to avert inauspicious, calamity-filled death.
Mṛkaṇḍa-muni’s tīrtha, described as located to the south (yāmyā) within the Kāśī sacred landscape.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.