Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 79
ततोपि हि महातीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । यत्र भागीरथी साक्षान्मूर्तिरूपेण तिष्ठति
tatopi hi mahātīrthaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam | yatra bhāgīrathī sākṣānmūrtirūpeṇa tiṣṭhati
Lebih agung lagi ialah mahātīrtha yang memusnahkan segala dosa—tempat Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) sendiri bersemayam nyata dalam rupa berwujud.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Bhāgīrathī-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: Gaṅgā as Bhāgīrathī appears in anthropomorphic form—radiant goddess rising from the river at Kāśī, holding lotus and kamaṇḍalu, attended by nāgas and sages; the river itself glows as a living deity, signifying total sin-destruction.
FAQs
The highest sanctity is attributed to places where the divine is believed to be tangibly present—making purification immediate and comprehensive.
The Mahātīrtha where Bhāgīrathī (Gaṅgā) is said to abide in person—contextually, the Bhāgīrathī Tīrtha in Kāśī.
No direct prescription in this verse; it establishes the tīrtha’s supreme sin-destroying nature.