Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
तस्मिन्कुंडे नरः स्नात्वा कृत्वा च पितृतर्पणम् । कृत्तिवासेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा कृतकृत्यो नरो भवेत्
tasminkuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā kṛtvā ca pitṛtarpaṇam | kṛttivāseśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtakṛtyo naro bhavet
அந்தப் புண்ணியக் குண்டத்தில் நீராடி பித்ரு-தர்ப்பணம் செய்து, க்ருத்திவாசேஸ்வரரை தரிசித்தால் மனிதன் க்ருதக்ருத்யனாகிறான்।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara-tīrtha (kuṇḍa)
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a lotus-filled kuṇḍa, offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands facing south, then walks to a small sanctum where Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga is adorned with bilva and sacred thread.
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Pilgrimage joins personal liberation with ancestral duty: snāna, tarpaṇa, and Śiva-darśana complete one’s dharmic obligations.
The kuṇḍa associated with Kṛttivāseśvara in Kāśī, together with the darśana of Kṛttivāseśvara.
Bathing (snāna) in the kuṇḍa, performing pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and taking darśana of Kṛttivāseśvara.