Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
महाघिनां महाघं च हरेत्पांचनदाद्बलात् । यं संचयति पापौघमावर्षं तीर्थनायकः । तमेकमज्जनादूर्जे त्यजेत्पंचनदे ध्रुवम्
mahāghināṃ mahāghaṃ ca haretpāṃcanadādbalāt | yaṃ saṃcayati pāpaughamāvarṣaṃ tīrthanāyakaḥ | tamekamajjanādūrje tyajetpaṃcanade dhruvam
Pelo poder de Pañcanada, até o grande pecado dos grandes pecadores é removido. A massa de pecados que o ‘guia dos tīrthas’ acumula ao longo do ano, com um único banho em Pañcanada no mês de Ūrja (Kārttika), ele certamente a abandona.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Pañcanada
Type: sangam
Scene: At Pañcanada in Kārttika dawn: five currents meet; a pilgrim steps into the water as dark sin-mass peels away like smoke; lamps float on the river, and the sky is clear with autumnal brightness.
FAQs
Sincere tīrtha-snāna at an exalted site and sacred season is said to break even heavy karmic burdens, reaffirming faith in dharma and purification.
Pañcanada, praised as powerful enough to remove even ‘mahāgha’ (great sin).
A single ritual bath (snāna) at Pañcanada in the month of Ūrja (Kārttika) is highlighted as especially efficacious.