Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
स्वर्धुनी स्पर्शमात्रेण महापातकसंततिः । यत्र संक्षयति क्षिप्रं तां काशीं को न संश्रयेत्
svardhunī sparśamātreṇa mahāpātakasaṃtatiḥ | yatra saṃkṣayati kṣipraṃ tāṃ kāśīṃ ko na saṃśrayet
स्वर्धुन्याः स्पर्शमात्रेण यत्र महापातकसंततिः क्षिप्रं संक्षीयते—तां काशीम् को नु न संश्रयेत्?
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative convention)
Tirtha: Svardhunī (Gaṅgā) in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims at Kāśī’s ghāṭas touch the Gaṅgā; a luminous current washes away dark, smoke-like sins dissolving instantly; the skyline shows temples and the aura of Viśveśvara’s kṣetra.
FAQs
Kāśī is extolled as a place of swift purification, where contact with Gaṅgā removes even grave accumulations of sin.
Kāśī on the banks of Svardhunī (Gaṅgā).
Gaṅgā-sparśa (touching/entering the Gaṅgā; bathing is strongly implied) as a purifier.