तद्दक्षिणायां काष्ठायां शेषतीर्थमनुत्तमम् । महापापौघ शेषोपि न तिष्ठेद्यन्निमज्जनात्
taddakṣiṇāyāṃ kāṣṭhāyāṃ śeṣatīrthamanuttamam | mahāpāpaugha śeṣopi na tiṣṭhedyannimajjanāt
اس کے جنوب کی سمت لکڑی کے مقام پر بے مثال شیش تیرتھ ہے۔ وہاں غوطہ لگانے سے بڑے بڑے پاپوں کے سیلاب کا بچا کھچا اثر بھی قائم نہیں رہتا۔
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context)
Tirtha: Śeṣa-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A devotee performs full immersion at a quiet Kāśī water-step; above, a symbolic presence of Śeṣa (cosmic serpent) as a protective canopy; dark ink-like ‘sins’ dissolve into clear water.
The tīrtha is celebrated as radically purifying—sin is depicted as unable to endure the sanctity of the place.
Śeṣa-tīrtha, located on the southern side within the Kāśī tīrtha landscape.
Nimajjana—ritual immersion/bathing at Śeṣa-tīrtha.