Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49
तस्मिन्कुंडे नरः स्नात्वा कृत्वा च पितृतर्पणम् । कृत्तिवासेश्वरं दृष्ट्वा कृतकृत्यो नरो भवेत्
tasminkuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā kṛtvā ca pitṛtarpaṇam | kṛttivāseśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtakṛtyo naro bhavet
Sa banal na kuṇḍang iyon, kapag naligo ang tao at nagsagawa ng tarpaṇa para sa mga ninuno, at nakita si Kṛttivāseśvara, ang tao’y nagiging ganap—natupad ang mga tungkulin ng buhay.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kṛttivāseśvara-tīrtha (kuṇḍa)
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim emerges from a lotus-filled kuṇḍa, offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands facing south, then walks to a small sanctum where Kṛttivāseśvara liṅga is adorned with bilva and sacred thread.
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Pilgrimage joins personal liberation with ancestral duty: snāna, tarpaṇa, and Śiva-darśana complete one’s dharmic obligations.
The kuṇḍa associated with Kṛttivāseśvara in Kāśī, together with the darśana of Kṛttivāseśvara.
Bathing (snāna) in the kuṇḍa, performing pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and taking darśana of Kṛttivāseśvara.