Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91
व्योमांगणमनर्कं च नक्तेऽदीपं यथा गृहम । अवेदा ब्राह्मणा यद्वद्गंगाहीनास्तथा दिशः
vyomāṃgaṇamanarkaṃ ca nakte'dīpaṃ yathā gṛhama | avedā brāhmaṇā yadvadgaṃgāhīnāstathā diśaḥ
जसा सूर्याविना आकाश निस्तेज, जसा रात्री दीपाविना घर निरर्थक, आणि जसे वेदाविना ब्राह्मण शोभाहीन—तसेच गंगाविना दिशा दीन होतात।
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: Tripartite analogy tableau: sunless sky, lamp-less night house, Veda-less brāhmaṇa; culminating in a compass of directions dimmed until Gaṅgā’s river-light flows through.
FAQs
Gaṅgā is portrayed as a cosmic source of illumination and dharmic completeness, akin to the sun, a lamp, and the Veda.
The Gaṅgā-tīrtha, implicitly centered on Kāśī where Gaṅgā’s presence is especially celebrated.
None explicitly; it underscores the value of approaching Gaṅgā for spiritual ‘light’—commonly expressed through darśana and snāna.