Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
कदाचित्तस्य देवस्य दर्शने याति जाह्नवी । मत्स्योदरी सा कथिता स्नानं पुण्यैरवाप्यते
kadācittasya devasya darśane yāti jāhnavī | matsyodarī sā kathitā snānaṃ puṇyairavāpyate
کبھی کبھی جاہنوی (گنگا) اس دیوتا کے درشن کے لیے جاتی ہے۔ وہ متسیودری کہلاتی ہے؛ وہاں اشنان کرنے سے عظیم پُنّیہ حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Matsyodarī (Jāhnavī-Gaṅgā manifestation)
Type: ghat
Listener: Kāśīkhaṇḍa interlocutor(s)
Scene: Gaṅgā as a goddess approaches to ‘see’ Nādeśa; the Matsyodarī waters shimmer as pilgrims bathe at dawn, offering arghya toward the shrine on the bank.
FAQs
When Gaṅgā herself honors a deity and place, the tīrtha becomes especially meritorious; bathing there supports purification and dharmic uplift.
Matsyodarī in Kāśī, associated with Gaṅgā’s movement and sacred bathing.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Matsyodarī is praised as puṇya-bestowing.