Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
प्रातःस्नानं विधायादौ नत्वा पंचविनायकान् । नमस्कृत्वाथ विश्वेशं स्थित्वा निर्वाणमंडपे
prātaḥsnānaṃ vidhāyādau natvā paṃcavināyakān | namaskṛtvātha viśveśaṃ sthitvā nirvāṇamaṃḍape
प्रातःस्नान करून प्रथम पंचविनायकांना वंदन करावे; नंतर विश्वेश्वरास नमस्कार करून निर्वाण-मंडपात उभे राहावे।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Nirvāṇa-maṇḍapa (within Viśveśvara precinct)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at dawn, wet hair and simple cloth, hands folded; small Gaṇeśa shrines (five) in a row; then the towering presence of Viśveśvara; finally a pillared hall labeled Nirvāṇa-maṇḍapa where the pilgrim stands in stillness.
FAQs
Purity (snāna), obstacle-removal (Vināyaka), and Śiva-darśana form the correct order for Kāśī pilgrimage.
Viśveśa (Kāśī Viśvanātha) and the Nirvāṇa-maṇḍapa, along with the Pañca-vināyaka sites.
Morning bath → bow to the Five Vināyakas → salute Viśveśa → stand in Nirvāṇa-maṇḍapa.