Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
नित्यं कार्पटिकान्सर्वान् स पुत्रेण प्रपश्यति । तेपि च प्रतितीर्थं हि तमाशीर्वादयं ति वै
nityaṃ kārpaṭikānsarvān sa putreṇa prapaśyati | tepi ca pratitīrthaṃ hi tamāśīrvādayaṃ ti vai
ସେ ପୁତ୍ର ସହିତ ନିତ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ଦୀନ-ଦରିଦ୍ରଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖେ; ଏବଂ ସେମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ ତୀର୍ଥରେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆଶୀର୍ବାଦ କରନ୍ତି।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī tīrthas (collective: ‘pratitīrtham’)
Type: ghat
Scene: A compassionate householder and his son distribute food and cloth to ragged poor; the poor raise hands in blessing as the pair pass successive tīrtha-fords marked by steps and water.
FAQs
Care for the poor is continuous dharma; the blessings of the needy become a powerful spiritual reward.
‘Prati-tīrtha’ indicates the tīrtha-network within Kāśīkhaṇḍa—multiple sacred crossings/ghāṭas/holy spots.
Ongoing dāna and sevā to the destitute, especially in tīrtha contexts.