Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
तत्र ज्ञानह्रदे स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा ज्ञानेश्वरं नरः । ज्ञानं तदधिगच्छेद्वै येन नो बाध्यते पुनः
tatra jñānahrade snātvā dṛṣṭvā jñāneśvaraṃ naraḥ | jñānaṃ tadadhigacchedvai yena no bādhyate punaḥ
وہاں جنان ہرد میں اشنان کر کے اور جنانیشور کے درشن کر کے، انسان یقیناً وہی معرفت پا لیتا ہے جس سے وہ پھر کبھی مبتلا و پریشان نہیں ہوتا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Jñāna-hrada
Type: kund
Scene: At the edge of the lotus pond, a small shrine of Jñāneśvara; the pilgrim, freshly bathed, receives a beam of light from the deity’s third eye/forehead mark, symbolizing ‘abādha-jñāna’; surrounding figures include students and sages.
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True knowledge is liberating and protective: tīrtha-bathing and deity-darśana are said to awaken insight that ends recurring affliction.
Jñāna-hrada (Knowledge Lake) and the shrine/deity Jñāneśvara within Kāśī’s sacred topography.
Snāna at Jñāna-hrada and darśana of Jñāneśvara to attain steadfast, non-afflicting knowledge.