Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72
अग्निदाहमृता ये वै नाग्निदाहश्च येषु वै । ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायांति तीर्थे कापिलधारिके
agnidāhamṛtā ye vai nāgnidāhaśca yeṣu vai | te sarve tṛptimāyāṃti tīrthe kāpiladhārike
அக்னிதாகத்தால் இறந்தவர்களும், அக்னிதாகம் செய்யப்படாதவர்களும்—அனைவரும் கபிலதாரிகா தீர்த்தத்தில் செய்யப்படும் தர்ப்பண-நிவாபத்தால் திருப்தி அடைகின்றனர்।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kapiladhārikā
Type: ghat
Scene: At Kapiladhārikā’s waterside, a priest guides tarpaṇa; behind, symbolic flames and ash suggest those who died by burning; the river’s coolness signifies pacification.
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Kāśī’s tīrthas compassionately complete what was lacking in funerary rites, granting peace to the departed.
Kapiladhārikā Tīrtha in Kāśī.
Performing ancestral offerings (piṇḍa/tarpaṇa as implied) at Kapiladhārikā for those with irregular or absent cremation rites.