Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
स्नानं तु संगमे कृत्वा द्रष्टव्यः संगमेश्वरः । स्वलीन तीर्थे सुस्नातः पश्येत्स्वलीनमीश्वरम्
snānaṃ tu saṃgame kṛtvā draṣṭavyaḥ saṃgameśvaraḥ | svalīna tīrthe susnātaḥ paśyetsvalīnamīśvaram
संगमावर स्नान करून संगमेश्वराचे दर्शन घ्यावे। स्वलीन तीर्थात उत्तम स्नान करून स्वलीन ईश्वराचे दर्शन करावे।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Saṅgama and Svalīna tīrtha (Kāśī)
Type: sangam
Scene: At a sacred confluence, two streams meet in swirling patterns; pilgrims bathe and offer arghya, then walk to a nearby shrine where Saṅgameśvara liṅga is worshiped; later, a quieter Svalīna tīrtha with steps and trees leads to Svalīneśvara.
FAQs
Purity through tīrtha-snāna is completed by darśana of Īśvara, uniting outer rite with inner devotion.
The Saṅgama (confluence) with Saṅgameśvara, and Svalīna tīrtha with the Lord Svalīna in Kāśī.
Bathe at the confluence, see Saṅgameśvara; then bathe at Svalīna tīrtha and see Svalīneśvara.