Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
धर्मेश्वरं यः सकृदेव मर्त्यो विलोकयिष्यत्यवदातबुद्धिः । स्नात्वा पुरस्तेऽत्र च धर्मतीर्थे न तस्य दूरे पुरुषार्थसिद्धिः
dharmeśvaraṃ yaḥ sakṛdeva martyo vilokayiṣyatyavadātabuddhiḥ | snātvā puraste'tra ca dharmatīrthe na tasya dūre puruṣārthasiddhiḥ
தூய புத்தியுடன் எந்த மனிதனும் தர்மேஸ்வரனை ஒருமுறையாவது தரிசித்து, உன் முன்னிலையில் இங்கு தர்மதீர்த்தத்தில் நீராடினால், அவனுக்கு புருஷார்த்த சித்தி தூரமல்ல।
Śiva (deduced, addressing Dharma)
Tirtha: Dharma-tīrtha (near Dharmeśvara)
Type: ghat
Listener: Dharma (Dharmarāja)
Scene: A pilgrim with a calm, purified mind bathes at Dharma-tīrtha and then beholds the Dharmeśvara liṅga once, receiving near-at-hand puruṣārtha fulfillment.
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A single sincere darśana, supported by tīrtha-snāna, accelerates the attainment of the four aims of life.
Dharma-tīrtha in Kāśī, together with the shrine of Dharmeśvara.
Bathing (snāna) at Dharma-tīrtha and taking darśana of Dharmeśvara.