Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
कलावती चित्रपटीं पश्यंतीत्थं मुहुर्मुहुः । ज्ञानवापीं ददर्शाथ श्रीविश्वेश्वरदक्षिणे
kalāvatī citrapaṭīṃ paśyaṃtītthaṃ muhurmuhuḥ | jñānavāpīṃ dadarśātha śrīviśveśvaradakṣiṇe
कलावती त्या अद्भुत चित्रपटाकडे पुन्हा पुन्हा पाहत होती; मग श्री विश्वेश्वराच्या दक्षिणेस काशीचे पवित्र तीर्थ असलेली ज्ञानवापी तिला दिसली।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Jñānavāpī (Jñānavāpikā)
Type: kund
Scene: Kalāvatī pauses mid-journey, repeatedly gazing at a wondrous painted cloth; then the sacred well Jñānavāpī appears to her sight, positioned south of the Viśveśvara shrine, as if the city’s map becomes a divine vision.
FAQs
Sacred places in Kāśī are not merely locations but revelations; attentive vision leads one to recognize tīrthas connected to Śiva’s presence.
Jñānavāpī, identified specifically as situated to the south of Śrī Viśveśvara in Kāśī.
None explicitly in this verse; it primarily provides sacred topography and recognition of the tīrtha.