Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 93
ततोति निर्मलतरं शक्रतीर्थं नृपांगज । शुक्रद्वारा न जायेत यत्र स्नातो नरोत्तमः
tatoti nirmalataraṃ śakratīrthaṃ nṛpāṃgaja | śukradvārā na jāyeta yatra snāto narottamaḥ
پھر اس سے بھی زیادہ پاکیزہ شکر تیرتھ ہے، اے شہزادے۔ جو بہترین انسان وہاں اشنان کرے وہ ‘شُکر کے دروازے’ سے دوبارہ جنم نہیں لیتا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Śakra-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: nṛpāṅgaja (prince)
Scene: A luminous tīrtha with a subtle Indra iconography—vajra motif on a small shrine pillar—while pilgrims bathe; the air feels ‘clear’ and bright, suggesting nirmalatā and release.
FAQs
Purity gained through tīrtha-bathing is framed as liberation-oriented, cutting the cycle of embodied re-entry.
Śakra-tīrtha, associated with Śakra/Indra, praised as exceptionally purifying in Kāśī.
Snāna at Śakra-tīrtha; the fruit is described as avoiding further birth (in a figurative ‘Śukra-gate’ expression).