साधारणांभसा पूर्णां साधारण नदीमिव । पश्यंति नास्तिका गंगां पापोपहतलोचनाः
sādhāraṇāṃbhasā pūrṇāṃ sādhāraṇa nadīmiva | paśyaṃti nāstikā gaṃgāṃ pāpopahatalocanāḥ
Bị tội lỗi che mờ đôi mắt, kẻ vô tín nhìn Mẹ Gaṅgā như thể chỉ là một con sông thường, đầy thứ nước tầm thường.
Skanda
Tirtha: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) at Kāśī
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/śaunaka-style setting typical of Purāṇas)
Scene: On a Kāśī ghāṭa, the radiant Gaṅgā flows with a subtle divine aura; a few devotees bow with folded hands while a skeptical onlooker, eyes dimmed, sees only common water.
Sacredness is perceived through purity and faith; sin and denial reduce a divine tīrtha to something merely mundane.
The Gaṅgā as a supreme tīrtha, especially as encountered within the Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) sacred landscape.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse stresses inner qualification (purity/faith) for rightly perceiving the tīrtha.