Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
देवस्याग्रे तु या वापी तत्रोपस्पर्शने कृते । शुक्रेश्वरं ततः पश्येत्तत्कूपविहितोदकः
devasyāgre tu yā vāpī tatropasparśane kṛte | śukreśvaraṃ tataḥ paśyettatkūpavihitodakaḥ
देवाच्या समोर जी वापी आहे, तेथे जल-स्पर्शाचा विधी करून, त्या कूपातील नियत जलविधी पूर्ण करून मग शुकरेश्वराचे दर्शन घ्यावे।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Deva-agre vāpī; Śukreśvara
Type: ghat
Scene: A stone-lined reservoir before a shrine; the pilgrim touches the water reverently (upasparśana), then walks toward a Śiva-liṅga shrine of Śukreśvara with offerings in hand.
FAQs
Even simple water-contact rites in Kāśī are framed as dharmic acts leading toward Śiva’s saving presence.
The vāpī situated before the deity’s shrine and the Śukreśvara shrine in Kāśī.
Perform upasparśana (ritual touching/contact) at the vāpī and complete the prescribed well-water rite, then take darśana of Śukreśvara.