Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
अनुषंगेण मौल्येन वाणिज्येनापि सेवया । कामासक्तोपि वा मर्त्यो गंगास्नातो दिवं व्रजेत्
anuṣaṃgeṇa maulyena vāṇijyenāpi sevayā | kāmāsaktopi vā martyo gaṃgāsnāto divaṃ vrajet
தற்செயலான தொடர்பால், கட்டணம் கொடுத்து, வாணிபத்தால் அல்லது சேவையால்—காம ஆசையில் பற்றுள்ள மனிதனும் கங்கையில் நீராடினால் விண்ணுலகம் அடையலாம்।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A bustling Kāśī ghat with merchants, boatmen, servants, and pilgrims—some worldly-minded—yet all entering Gaṅgā’s waters; above, a subtle divine radiance indicates svarga-mārga opening.
FAQs
Gaṅgā’s sanctity is so great that even imperfectly motivated contact with her bathing can yield exalted merit.
The Gaṅgā tīrtha (especially as encountered in Kāśī).
Gaṅgā-snāna (ritual bathing in the Gaṅgā), with the note that it may occur even incidentally or through worldly circumstances.