Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
कामकुंडकृतस्नानैर्महापातकशांतये । इदं कामेश्वराख्यानं यः पठिष्यति पुण्यवान् । यः श्रोष्यति च मेधावी तौ निष्पापौ भविष्यतः
kāmakuṃḍakṛtasnānairmahāpātakaśāṃtaye | idaṃ kāmeśvarākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhiṣyati puṇyavān | yaḥ śroṣyati ca medhāvī tau niṣpāpau bhaviṣyataḥ
कामकुंडात स्नान केल्याने महापातक शांत होतात. जो पुण्यवान हा कामेश्वराख्यानाचा पाठ करील आणि जो मेधावी ते श्रवण करील—ते दोघेही निष्पाप होतील.
Skanda (deduced from context)
Tirtha: Kāma-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Implied audience within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame
Scene: A devotee bathes in a stepped sacred kuṇḍa while, nearby, a reciter reads the Kāmeśvara-ākhyāna to attentive listeners; the scene conveys two parallel streams of purification—water and word.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed not only by bathing but also by sacred listening and recitation, which purify and steady dharma.
Kāma-kuṇḍa and the sacred narrative of Kāmeśvara in Kāśī.
Snāna in Kāma-kuṇḍa, plus pāṭha (recitation) and śravaṇa (hearing) of the Kāmeśvara-ākhyāna.