Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
घंटाकर्णह्रदे स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा व्यासेश्वरं नरः । यत्रकुत्र मृतो वापि वाराणस्यां मृतो भवेत्
ghaṃṭākarṇahrade snātvā dṛṣṭvā vyāseśvaraṃ naraḥ | yatrakutra mṛto vāpi vārāṇasyāṃ mṛto bhavet
घंटाकर्णह्रदात स्नान करून व्यासेश्वराचे दर्शन घेतल्यावर मनुष्य पुढे कुठेही मरण पावला तरी तो वाराणसीत मरण पावल्यासारखा होतो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Ghaṇṭākarṇa-hrada (with Vyāseśvara-darśana)
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrim bathing in a sacred lake named Ghaṇṭākarṇa, water rippling with morning light; then walking with wet garments and folded hands to a nearby Vyāseśvara liṅga shrine for darśana, suggesting a destiny-shifting blessing.
FAQs
Kāśī’s grace can be ‘carried’ through tīrtha-snān and darśana, granting the famed merit associated with death in Vārāṇasī.
Ghaṇṭākarṇa Hrada and the Vyāseśvara shrine in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Ghaṇṭākarṇa Hrada followed by Vyāseśvara-darśana.