Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99
अष्टांगार्घो यमुद्दिष्टस्त्वतीव रवितोषणः । गांगैर्वार्भिः कोटिगुणो ज्ञेयो विष्णोऽन्यवारितः
aṣṭāṃgārgho yamuddiṣṭastvatīva ravitoṣaṇaḥ | gāṃgairvārbhiḥ koṭiguṇo jñeyo viṣṇo'nyavāritaḥ
یہ آٹھ اجزاء والا ارغیہ جیسا کہ بتایا گیا ہے، سورج دیو کو نہایت خوش کرنے والا ہے۔ اگر گنگا جل سے پیش کیا جائے تو اس کا پُنّیہ کروڑ گنا بڑھتا ہے—یہ وشنو کا بے اختلاف اعلان ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Gaṅgā-jala (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee offers an eightfold arghya at the Gaṅgā; the water glows as it streams from the hands; Sūrya’s rays intensify, and a subtle Viṣṇu-like divine affirmation appears as a celestial inscription or presence.
FAQs
Right ritual form joined to the sanctity of Gaṅgā water multiplies merit and pleases the deity profoundly.
Gaṅgā in Kāśī—Gaṅgā-jala is presented as uniquely potent for arghya and allied rites.
Offering the prescribed eightfold arghya to Sūrya, ideally using Gaṅgā water for greatly increased merit.