Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
धूतपापोवाच । पितामह वरो मह्यं यदि देयो वरप्रद । सर्वेभ्यः पावनेभ्योपि कुरु मामतिपावनीम्
dhūtapāpovāca | pitāmaha varo mahyaṃ yadi deyo varaprada | sarvebhyaḥ pāvanebhyopi kuru māmatipāvanīm
ธูตปาปาทูลว่า: “ข้าแต่ปิตามหะ ผู้ประทานพร หากจะประทานพรแก่ข้าพระองค์ ขอทรงทำให้ข้าพระองค์เป็นผู้ชำระให้บริสุทธิ์อย่างยิ่ง ยิ่งกว่าสิ่งอันบริสุทธิ์ทั้งปวง”
Dhūtapāpā
Tirtha: Dhūtapāpā
Type: ghat
Scene: Dhūtapāpā, radiant and earnest, speaks with folded hands to Brahmā: her request is depicted as a beam of light rising from her heart toward the creator, symbolizing the wish to surpass all purifiers in beneficence.
FAQs
The highest aspiration is not enjoyment but becoming a source of purification and benefit for all beings.
This verse foreshadows the emergence/recognition of a supremely purifying entity (often a tīrtha or sacred presence) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition.
No explicit rite; the boon-request frames a tīrtha-like purificatory potency (pāvanatva) as the spiritual goal.