ततोपि पुण्यदं नृणां तीर्थं चित्ररथेश्वरम् । यत्र स्नात्वा च दत्त्वा च चित्रगुप्तं न पश्यति
tatopi puṇyadaṃ nṛṇāṃ tīrthaṃ citraratheśvaram | yatra snātvā ca dattvā ca citraguptaṃ na paśyati
اس سے بھی بڑھ کر انسانوں کے لیے پُنّیہ دینے والا چتررتھیشر کا تیرتھ ہے۔ جہاں اشنان اور دان کے بعد آدمی چترگپت (اعمال لکھنے والے) کو نہیں دیکھتا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Citrarath-eśvara tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within purāṇic frame
Scene: At Citrarath-eśvara tīrtha, a pilgrim bathes and then offers charity to a brāhmaṇa/poor; in the background, a faint, receding figure of Citragupta with palm-leaf ledger symbolizes ‘not being seen’.
Kāśī’s tīrthas are said to transform karmic destiny; charity joined with purification is praised as especially liberating.
Citrarath-eśvara-tīrtha, a sacred site in Kāśī associated with Īśvara.
Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charitable giving); the fruit is not encountering Citragupta, symbolizing release from post-mortem karmic accounting.