Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
यद्यस्तिकिंचित्षड्वक्त्र गंगास्नानफलप्रदम् । विधानांतरमात्रेण तद्वद प्रणताय मे
yadyastikiṃcitṣaḍvaktra gaṃgāsnānaphalapradam | vidhānāṃtaramātreṇa tadvada praṇatāya me
اے شَڈوَکتْر (چھ رُخ والے پروردگار)، اگر کوئی ایسا عمل ہو جو محض کسی متبادل طریقے سے گنگا اشنان کا پھل دے، تو مجھے بتائیے—میں آپ کے حضور سرِتسلیم خم کرتا ہوں۔
Agastya
Tirtha: Gaṅgā (benchmark)
Type: river
Listener: Skanda (Ṣaḍvaktra)
Scene: A devotee bows low before six-faced Skanda, hands joined, asking for an alternative rite that equals Gaṅgā bathing.
FAQs
Humble inquiry and devotion seek a dharmic, accessible substitute for a great pilgrimage act.
The Gaṅgā, whose bathing-fruit is treated as the gold standard of tīrtha merit.
A request for an alternative vidhāna (procedure) that yields the same fruit as Gaṅgā-snānā.