Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
गंगायाः पश्चिमे कूले प्रणवाख्यो गणाधिपः । अवाच्यां राजपुत्राच्च प्रणतः प्रणयेद्दिवम्
gaṃgāyāḥ paścime kūle praṇavākhyo gaṇādhipaḥ | avācyāṃ rājaputrācca praṇataḥ praṇayeddivam
गंगेच्या पश्चिम तीरावर ‘प्रणव’ नावाचा गणाधिप आहे। आणि ‘अवाच्या’ दिशेतील राजपुत्रापाशी जो नम्र होऊन प्रणाम करतो, तो स्वर्गास नेला जातो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Praṇava Gaṇādhipa (Gaṅgā-paścima-kūla)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within Kāśī-māhātmya frame
Scene: A Gaṇeśa shrine on the western Gaṅgā bank; the deity titled ‘Praṇava’ with an Oṃ emblem; pilgrims bow at the ghat steps as the river flows, suggesting ascent to heaven through devotion.
FAQs
Reverence (praṇāma) offered at Kāśī’s sacred guardians—especially along the Gaṅgā—carries spiritual uplift and higher worlds.
The western bank of the Gaṅgā in Kāśī, associated with Praṇava Gaṇādhipa, and the Avācyā sector linked to Rājaputra.
Praṇāma (bowing/salutation) to the deity; the verse highlights its fruit as being led to heaven.