Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
धर्मेश्वरं यः सकृदेव मर्त्यो विलोकयिष्यत्यवदातबुद्धिः । स्नात्वा पुरस्तेऽत्र च धर्मतीर्थे न तस्य दूरे पुरुषार्थसिद्धिः
dharmeśvaraṃ yaḥ sakṛdeva martyo vilokayiṣyatyavadātabuddhiḥ | snātvā puraste'tra ca dharmatīrthe na tasya dūre puruṣārthasiddhiḥ
जो मनुष्य निर्मळ बुद्धीने धर्मेश्वराचे एकदाही दर्शन करील आणि तुझ्या समोर येथे धर्मतीर्थात स्नान करील, त्याला पुरुषार्थसिद्धी दूर राहणार नाही।
Śiva (deduced, addressing Dharma)
Tirtha: Dharma-tīrtha (near Dharmeśvara)
Type: ghat
Listener: Dharma (Dharmarāja)
Scene: A pilgrim with a calm, purified mind bathes at Dharma-tīrtha and then beholds the Dharmeśvara liṅga once, receiving near-at-hand puruṣārtha fulfillment.
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A single sincere darśana, supported by tīrtha-snāna, accelerates the attainment of the four aims of life.
Dharma-tīrtha in Kāśī, together with the shrine of Dharmeśvara.
Bathing (snāna) at Dharma-tīrtha and taking darśana of Dharmeśvara.