Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
नाग्निमांद्यं नैव शूलं न मेहो न प्रवाहिका । न मूत्रकृच्छ्रं ना पामा पानायस्यास्य सेवनात्
nāgnimāṃdyaṃ naiva śūlaṃ na meho na pravāhikā | na mūtrakṛcchraṃ nā pāmā pānāyasyāsya sevanāt
اس پانی کو پینے کے طور پر استعمال کرنے سے نہ بدہضمی رہتی ہے، نہ قولنج کا درد، نہ پیشاب کی خرابی، نہ پیچش؛ نہ پیشاب میں دشواری اور نہ خارش والی جلدی بیماری۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kālodaka-kūpa
Type: kund
Listener: Sages/audience of tīrtha-yātrā instruction
Scene: A pilgrim drinks a small measure of well-water; a subtle inner ‘fire’ (agni) motif brightens in the abdomen, symbolizing digestion restored; nearby, attendants offer simple sattvic food and water pots.
FAQs
The māhātmya frames sacred geography as compassionate and protective, where devotion is mirrored by wellbeing.
The Kālodaka/Kālatamodaka tirtha-water of Kāśī.
Sevana for pāna—regularly taking the tirtha water for drinking.