Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
एतानि दश नामानि तीर्थस्यास्य पितामहाः । भवतां तृप्तिकारीणि विनापि श्राद्धतर्पणैः
etāni daśa nāmāni tīrthasyāsya pitāmahāḥ | bhavatāṃ tṛptikārīṇi vināpi śrāddhatarpaṇaiḥ
ஓ வணக்கத்திற்குரிய பிதாமஹரே! இந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தின் இவை பத்து நாமங்கள்; இவை உங்களுக்கு திருப்தியளிப்பவை—ஸ்ராத்தமும் தர்ப்பணமும் செய்யாவிட்டாலும் கூட।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: The tīrtha with ten names (daśa-nāma-tīrtha; specific proper name not given in these verses)
Type: kund
Scene: The narrator completes the list of ten names; listeners fold hands in peace; a simple offering of water is made at the tank, suggesting that even minimal acts with nāma-smaraṇa yield tṛpti.
FAQs
Sacred remembrance (nāma) can itself function as a potent spiritual offering, especially when tied to a renowned tīrtha.
The Kāśī Pitṛ-tīrtha described in this adhyāya, identified by its ten traditional names.
It states an exceptional claim: reciting/knowing the ten names grants tṛpti even without formal śrāddha-tarpaṇa.