Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
विगृह्य पाणियुग्मेन ताम्रपात्रं सुनिर्मलम् । जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा परिपूर्य जलेन च
vigṛhya pāṇiyugmena tāmrapātraṃ sunirmalam | jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā paripūrya jalena ca
पाणियुग्मेन सुनिर्मलं ताम्रपात्रं गृहीत्वा, जानुभ्यां भूमौ निपत्य, तत् पात्रं जलेन सम्यक् परिपूरयेत्।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (ghāṭa arghya-sthāna)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrim/householder archetype addressed through the narrative frame
Scene: On stone steps by the river, the practitioner kneels, both hands steadying a polished copper pot, filling it to the brim with clear water; early light reflects off the vessel.
FAQs
Outer purity and disciplined posture support inner reverence in Vedic-Purāṇic worship.
The rite is taught within Kāśī’s sacred framework in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
Use a spotless copper vessel, kneel, and fill it fully with water for the arghya offering.