Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
कामप्रदानि तीर्थानि त्रैलोक्ये यानि कानिचित् । तानि सर्वाणि सेवंते काश्यामुत्तरवाहिनीम्
kāmapradāni tīrthāni trailokye yāni kānicit | tāni sarvāṇi sevaṃte kāśyāmuttaravāhinīm
त्रैलोक्यात जी जी कामना पूर्ण करणारी तीर्थे आहेत, ती सर्व जणू काशीतल्या उत्तरवाहिनी गंगेचीच सेवा व उपासना करीत असतात।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Listener: Addressed to Hari/Viṣṇu within the discourse
Scene: A personified Gaṅgā as a radiant goddess flowing northward at Kāśī, while emissaries/personifications of other tīrthas bow and offer service at her banks; ghats, lamps, and temples frame the river-bend.
FAQs
Kāśī’s Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā is portrayed as a supreme tirtha—so potent that other wish-granting holy places are figuratively subordinate to it.
The Uttaravāhinī Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Varanasi).
No specific rite is commanded here; the verse is a mahātmya statement elevating the tirtha’s status.