Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97
उग्रः कनखलात्तीर्थादाविरासेह सिद्धिदः । तद्विलोकनतो नृणामुग्रं पापं प्रणश्यति
ugraḥ kanakhalāttīrthādāvirāseha siddhidaḥ | tadvilokanato nṛṇāmugraṃ pāpaṃ praṇaśyati
Ugra, pemberi kejayaan, telah menzahirkan diri di sini dari tīrtha Kanakhala. Dengan sekadar memandang-Nya, dosa-dosa yang dahsyat pada manusia pun lenyap.
Skanda
Tirtha: Ugra (from Kanakhala tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ugra, a fierce success-giving deity, appears in Kāśī with an implied origin from Kanakhala; the composition juxtaposes a faint memory of Haridwar’s Gaṅgā ghāṭs with Kāśī’s lanes, while devotees gain relief as dark ‘ugra pāpa’ dissipates upon darśana.
FAQs
The Purāṇa exalts Kāśī as a place where divine manifestations make liberation tangible—darśana itself burns away grave sin.
The manifestation of Ugra in Kāśī, linked to Kanakhala tīrtha.
No elaborate rite; the stated practice is darśana (tad-vilokana) for sin-destruction.