तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं धर्मांधुरिति विश्रुतम् । ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानामक्लेशं क्षालनं परम्
tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ dharmāṃdhuriti viśrutam | brahmahatyādi pāpānāmakleśaṃ kṣālanaṃ param
అప్పటినుంచి ఆ తీర్థం “ధర్మాంధు” అని ప్రసిద్ధి పొందింది. బ్రహ్మహత్యాది పాపాలను కూడా కష్టంలేకుండా కడిగివేసే పరమ పవిత్రకరం అది.
Skanda
Tirtha: Dharmāṃdhu
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (frame; not explicit here)
Scene: A pilgrim descends stone steps into the Gaṅgā at a Kāśī ford named Dharmāṃdhu; the water is shown as luminous, washing away dark, smoke-like ‘sins’ that dissolve without struggle; priests hold lotuses and waterpots; distant spires of Kāśī temples silhouette the dawn.
Kāśī’s tīrthas are portrayed as exceptionally compassionate: sincere contact with them purifies even heavy karmic burdens.
Dharmāṃdhu, a famed tīrtha in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.
Purificatory bathing/approach to the tīrtha (implied as the means of ‘washing away’ sins).