Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
तीर्थमन्यत्प्रशंसंति गंगातीरे स्थिताश्च ये । गंगां न बहु मन्यंते ते स्युर्निरयगामिनः
tīrthamanyatpraśaṃsaṃti gaṃgātīre sthitāśca ye | gaṃgāṃ na bahu manyaṃte te syurnirayagāminaḥ
கங்கைக் கரையில் வாழ்ந்தும் பிற தீர்த்தங்களைப் புகழ்ந்து, கங்கையை உயர்வாக மதியாதவர்கள் நரகத்திற்குச் செல்பவர்கள் ஆவர்।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-tīra (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: On the Gaṅgā bank, a resident points away praising distant tīrthas while ignoring Gaṅgā; behind him, a shadowy naraka path appears as a moral allegory; Gaṅgā remains radiant yet stern.
FAQs
Proximity to holiness demands reverence; ingratitude or contempt toward the Gaṅgā is treated as a serious spiritual fault.
The Gaṅgā-tīra (banks of the Gaṅgā), within the Kāśī sacred landscape.
No explicit ritual; the instruction is ethical-devotional: uphold the Gaṅgā’s supremacy and do not disparage her.