Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
भौमाष्टम्यां तत्र नरः स्नात्वा संतर्पयेत्पितॄन् । दृष्ट्वा च भैरवं कालं कलिं कालं च संजयेत्
bhaumāṣṭamyāṃ tatra naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpayetpitṝn | dṛṣṭvā ca bhairavaṃ kālaṃ kaliṃ kālaṃ ca saṃjayet
भौमाष्टमीला तेथे मनुष्याने स्नान करून पितरांचे तर्पण करावे. आणि कालरूप भैरवाचे दर्शन घेतल्याने तो कलिलाही जिंकतो व काळावरही विजय मिळवतो.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Bhairava Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Tuesday Aṣṭamī: devotees at dawn bathe, then stand waist-deep offering tarpaṇa with cupped hands; later they behold fierce Kālabhairava with lamps; the air feels charged, as if time itself pauses.
FAQs
Right timing, ancestor-duty, and Bhairava-darśana together symbolize mastery over fear—Kali’s chaos and even the dread of time/death.
The context is Bhairava Tīrtha in Kāśī.
On Bhāuma Aṣṭamī: snāna at the tīrtha and pitṛ-tarpaṇa/saṃtarpana (offerings to ancestors), along with Bhairava darśana.