Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
नित्यं कार्पटिकान्सर्वान् स पुत्रेण प्रपश्यति । तेपि च प्रतितीर्थं हि तमाशीर्वादयं ति वै
nityaṃ kārpaṭikānsarvān sa putreṇa prapaśyati | tepi ca pratitīrthaṃ hi tamāśīrvādayaṃ ti vai
وہ روزانہ اپنے بیٹے کے ساتھ تمام غریبوں اور بےکسوں کی خبرگیری کرتا ہے؛ اور وہ بھی ہر تِیرتھ گھاٹ پر یقیناً اسے دعائیں اور آشیرواد دیتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī tīrthas (collective: ‘pratitīrtham’)
Type: ghat
Scene: A compassionate householder and his son distribute food and cloth to ragged poor; the poor raise hands in blessing as the pair pass successive tīrtha-fords marked by steps and water.
FAQs
Care for the poor is continuous dharma; the blessings of the needy become a powerful spiritual reward.
‘Prati-tīrtha’ indicates the tīrtha-network within Kāśīkhaṇḍa—multiple sacred crossings/ghāṭas/holy spots.
Ongoing dāna and sevā to the destitute, especially in tīrtha contexts.