Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
स्नात्वा स चक्रसरसि कथयिष्यति चेति वै । अहमस्ति धनोदित्सुर्जात्या चांडालसत्तमः
snātvā sa cakrasarasi kathayiṣyati ceti vai | ahamasti dhanoditsurjātyā cāṃḍālasattamaḥ
అతడు చక్రసరస్సులో స్నానం చేసి ఇలా చెప్పేవాడు— ‘నాకు ధనం ఉంది, దానమివ్వాలని కోరుతున్నాను; కానీ జన్మతః నేను చాండాలుడను.’
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Cakrasarasa
Type: kund
Scene: At a lotus-filled sacred pond, the wealthy donor emerges from bathing, water dripping, hands folded; he speaks openly of his wealth and his Cāṇḍāla birth, seeking a dharmic way to give.
FAQs
Sacred bathing and sincere intent toward dāna are highlighted as spiritually meaningful, even amid social complexities; dharma tests intention and right procedure.
Cakrasarasa is explicitly named as the tīrtha where the pilgrim performs snāna.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Cakrasarasa, connected to the pilgrim’s aim of completing his tīrtha-yātrā fruitfully.