Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
स्वपता भवता रात्रौ तुर्ये यामे महाह्रदः । अदर्शि तत्र च भवान्मज्जन्मज्जंस्तटंगतः
svapatā bhavatā rātrau turye yāme mahāhradaḥ | adarśi tatra ca bhavānmajjanmajjaṃstaṭaṃgataḥ
रात्री झोपेत, चौथ्या यामात, तुम्ही एक महान सरोवर पाहिलेत; आणि तेथे तुम्ही वारंवार बुडी मारून पुन्हा तीरावर येताना दिसलात।
Gaṇeśa in disguise (dream-explainer)
Tirtha: Mahāhrada (dream-tīrtha within the episode)
Type: kund
Listener: The addressed householder (bhavān)
Scene: A dreamlike great lake under night sky of the fourth watch; the dreamer repeatedly dives and rises, water rippling with luminous lotuses, finally stepping onto the shore as dawn-light begins to appear.
FAQs
Repeated immersion and reaching the bank symbolizes cycles of purification and emergence into steadiness—an inner snāna aligned with dharma.
Kāśī contextually, though the verse itself describes a symbolic “great lake” seen in a dream rather than naming a specific kuṇḍa or ghāṭa.
No direct prescription; the imagery evokes bathing (snāna) as symbolism, pending interpretation in subsequent verses.