Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
नैरंतर्येण गंगायां मासं यः स्नाति पुण्यवान् । शक्रलोके स वसति यावच्छक्रः सपूर्वजः
nairaṃtaryeṇa gaṃgāyāṃ māsaṃ yaḥ snāti puṇyavān | śakraloke sa vasati yāvacchakraḥ sapūrvajaḥ
Orang yang berpunya, yang mandi di Gangā tanpa putus selama sebulan, akan tinggal di loka Śakra selama Śakra sendiri masih berada di sana, bersama para leluhurnya.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A sequence-like scene: the same pilgrim bathing daily at dawn for a month; calendar/moon phases subtly indicated; finally, Indra’s (Śakra’s) celestial city appears, with the pilgrim arriving accompanied by radiant ancestors.
FAQs
Sustained, disciplined practice at a sacred tīrtha multiplies merit; continuity in devotion is praised as especially powerful.
The Gaṅgā as a living tīrtha, particularly as approached through long-duration practice in the Kāśī sphere.
Nairaṃtarya-snānā: bathing in the Gaṅgā without interruption for a full month (a Gaṅgā-vrata style observance).