Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
तव तत्र तु यत्कुंडमगस्तीश्वरसन्निधौ । तत्र स्नात्वा च पीत्वा च कृतसर्वोदकक्रियः
tava tatra tu yatkuṃḍamagastīśvarasannidhau | tatra snātvā ca pītvā ca kṛtasarvodakakriyaḥ
आणि तुझे ते कुंड, जे तेथे अगस्त्येश्वराच्या सान्निध्यात आहे—त्यात स्नान करून व त्याचे जल प्राशन करून मनुष्य सर्व उदककर्मे पूर्ण केल्यासारखा होतो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Agastīśvara-sannidhi Kuṇḍa (name not specified in verse)
Type: kund
Listener: Agastya
Scene: A serene stone-lined kuṇḍa beside the Agastīśvara shrine; a pilgrim bathes and then sips the water with cupped hands; subtle aura indicates completion of many rites.
FAQs
Kāśī’s tīrthas are portrayed as spiritually complete—one act there can equal the merit of many ritual water-ceremonies elsewhere.
A kuṇḍa (sacred pond) near Agastīśvara in Kāśī.
Snāna (bathing) and pāna (drinking) of the tīrtha-water, conferring the fruit of ‘all water-rites’ (sarvodaka-kriyā).