Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
इयं वेणीहि निःश्रेणी ब्रह्मणो वर्त्मयास्यतः । जंतोर्विशुद्धदेहस्य श्रद्धाऽश्रद्धाप्लुतस्य च
iyaṃ veṇīhi niḥśreṇī brahmaṇo vartmayāsyataḥ | jaṃtorviśuddhadehasya śraddhā'śraddhāplutasya ca
ही वेणीच ब्रह्मप्राप्तीची शिडी, प्रवाशाचा मार्ग आहे। ज्याचा देह शुद्ध आहे त्या जीवाला—श्रद्धावान असो वा अश्रद्ध—ती समान रीतीने उपकारक ठरते।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Veṇī (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A symbolic vision of Veṇī as a radiant ladder rising from the ghats of Kāśī toward a formless Brahman-light; pilgrims of varied dispositions (faithful and doubtful) stand purified at the river’s edge as the ladder appears.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s sanctifying power is portrayed as exceptionally efficacious—supporting spiritual ascent even when personal faith is imperfect.
Veṇī/Triveṇī at Prayāga—the confluence conceived as a ‘ladder’ toward Brahman.
Implicitly, purification through tīrtha-contact (especially bathing/immersion) at the Veṇī.