Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 73
सचैलमाप्लुत्य जलेऽमलेऽमलेऽविलंबमालंबित शुद्धबुद्धिः । संतर्प्य देर्वीषमनुष्यदिव्यपितॄन्पितॄन्स्वान्सहि कर्मकांडवित्
sacailamāplutya jale'male'male'vilaṃbamālaṃbita śuddhabuddhiḥ | saṃtarpya dervīṣamanuṣyadivyapitṝnpitṝnsvānsahi karmakāṃḍavit
Walang pag-aatubili, naligo siya sa dalisay at walang dungis na tubig, kahit nakasuot pa ng damit; luminis ang kanyang isip. Yaong bihasa sa mga tungkuling ritwal ay naghandog ng tarpaṇa upang bigyang-kasiyahan ang mga deva, mga ṛṣi, mga tao, ang mga banal na ninuno, at ang sarili niyang mga ninuno.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Maṇikarṇikā (Gaṅgā-snānāṅga)
Type: ghat
Scene: Still clothed, the pilgrim steps into clear Gaṅgā water at dawn, then stands facing the river, offering cupped-water libations in sequence—toward devas, ṛṣis, and pitṛs—his face calm and intent.
FAQs
Purity of mind and timely ritual action in a sacred place harmonize duties to gods, sages, society, and ancestors.
The pure waters of Kāśī’s sacred tīrtha (contextually Maṇikarṇikā).
Snāna (immersion) followed by tarpaṇa to devas, ṛṣis, humans, divine pitṛs, and one’s own ancestors.