Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
ततोपि पुण्यदं नृणां तीर्थं चित्ररथेश्वरम् । यत्र स्नात्वा च दत्त्वा च चित्रगुप्तं न पश्यति
tatopi puṇyadaṃ nṛṇāṃ tīrthaṃ citraratheśvaram | yatra snātvā ca dattvā ca citraguptaṃ na paśyati
याहूनही अधिक पुण्यदायक असे चित्ररथेश्वर तीर्थ आहे. तेथे स्नान करून दान केल्यास कर्मलेखक चित्रगुप्ताचे दर्शन होत नाही.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Citrarath-eśvara tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within purāṇic frame
Scene: At Citrarath-eśvara tīrtha, a pilgrim bathes and then offers charity to a brāhmaṇa/poor; in the background, a faint, receding figure of Citragupta with palm-leaf ledger symbolizes ‘not being seen’.
FAQs
Kāśī’s tīrthas are said to transform karmic destiny; charity joined with purification is praised as especially liberating.
Citrarath-eśvara-tīrtha, a sacred site in Kāśī associated with Īśvara.
Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charitable giving); the fruit is not encountering Citragupta, symbolizing release from post-mortem karmic accounting.