तीर्थं पिलिपिलाख्यं तद्द्युनद्यंभसि विश्रुतम् । सर्वतीर्थमयं तीर्थं तत्काश्यां परिगीयते
tīrthaṃ pilipilākhyaṃ taddyunadyaṃbhasi viśrutam | sarvatīrthamayaṃ tīrthaṃ tatkāśyāṃ parigīyate
Ang tawirang tinatawag na Pilipilā ay bantog sa mga tubig ng makalangit na ilog. Sa Kāśī ito’y inaawit bilang isang tīrtha na taglay ang diwa ng lahat ng tīrtha.
Skanda
Tirtha: Pilipilā-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Agastya
Scene: On the Gaṅgā in Kāśī, a marked ford named Pilipilā; pilgrims step into shimmering water; above the river, faint icons of many famous tīrthas appear as a visionary overlay, indicating ‘all-tīrtha essence’.
Certain Kāśī tīrthas are praised as concentrative—holding the merit of many sacred places within one.
Pilipilā Tīrtha in Kāśī, associated with the waters of the celestial river (Gaṅgā idiom).
Not stated explicitly, but the genre implies tīrtha-sevā such as snāna (holy bathing) and pilgrimage visitation.