Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
दंडखाते ततः स्नात्वा व्याघ्रेशं पूजयेत्ततः । शौनकेश्वरकुंडे तु स्नानं कृत्वा ततोर्चयेत्
daṃḍakhāte tataḥ snātvā vyāghreśaṃ pūjayettataḥ | śaunakeśvarakuṃḍe tu snānaṃ kṛtvā tatorcayet
പിന്നീട് ദണ്ഡഖാതത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് വ്യാഘ്രേശനെ പൂജിക്കണം. ശൗനകേശ്വര കുണ്ഡത്തിൽ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് തുടർന്ന് അവിടെയേ അർച്ചന ചെയ്യണം.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Daṇḍakhāta; Śaunakeśvara-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a stepped bathing-place called Daṇḍakhāta, then offers flowers to a fierce yet protective Vyāghreśa liṅga; later he bathes in a quiet forest-like pond named Śaunakeśvara-kuṇḍa and worships there.
FAQs
The pilgrim’s path in Kāśī is a chain of purification and worship, each tīrtha reinforcing devotion and discipline.
Daṇḍakhāta, the shrine of Vyāghreśa, and Śaunakeśvara kuṇḍa in the Kāśī-kṣetra.
Bathe at Daṇḍakhāta and worship Vyāghreśa; bathe at Śaunakeśvara kuṇḍa and worship thereafter.