Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
तदाश्चर्यमथो दृष्ट्वा मुनयो नारदादयः । परिसस्नुर्मुदायुक्ता धर्मतीर्थेऽघहारिणि
tadāścaryamatho dṛṣṭvā munayo nāradādayaḥ | parisasnurmudāyuktā dharmatīrthe'ghahāriṇi
وہ عجوبہ دیکھ کر نارد وغیرہ رشی خوشی سے بھر گئے، اور گناہ ہرانے والے دھرم تیرتھ میں انہوں نے بھی مسرت کے ساتھ اشنان کیا۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Dharma-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A circle of sages—Nārada with vīṇā prominent—stand at the water’s edge and enter the tīrtha smiling; the water is depicted luminous, with a subtle aura indicating sin-removal.
FAQs
The saintly confirm a tīrtha’s power by participating—holy places invite communal uplift through shared purification.
Dharmatīrtha (Dharma-tīrtha) in Kāśī, explicitly named as agha-hāriṇī (sin-removing).
Joyful snāna at Dharmatīrtha, presented as a means of sin-removal.