Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
स्कंद उवाच । तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यद्वृत्तं तदगस्ते निशामय । काका हंसत्वमापन्नास्तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावतः
skaṃda uvāca | tasmiṃstīrthe tu yadvṛttaṃ tadagaste niśāmaya | kākā haṃsatvamāpannāstattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ
ஸ்கந்தன் கூறினான்—அகஸ்த்யா, அந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தில் நடந்ததை கேள். அந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தின் மகிமையால் காகங்கள் ஹம்ச நிலையை அடைந்தன।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda speaks to Agastya beside a sacred pond; above the water, dark crows shimmer and transform into white swans, circling the shrine of Kṛttivāseśvara.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity can purify and elevate even the lowly, symbolized by crows transforming into swans.
The tīrtha connected with Kṛttivāseśvara in Kāśī (as established in the surrounding verses).
None; it introduces a tīrtha-māhātmya episode illustrating the site’s power.