मृकंडस्य मुनेस्तीर्थं तद्याम्यामतिनिर्मलम । तत्र स्नानेन मर्त्यानां नापायमरणं क्वचित्
mṛkaṃḍasya munestīrthaṃ tadyāmyāmatinirmalama | tatra snānena martyānāṃ nāpāyamaraṇaṃ kvacit
Về phương Nam có thánh độ (tīrtha) của hiền sĩ Mṛkaṇḍa, thanh tịnh vô cùng. Ai tắm gội nơi ấy, người phàm chẳng bao giờ gặp cái chết do tai ương hay điềm dữ.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Mṛkaṇḍu-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A serene southern Kāśī riverbank: a small tīrtha-spot marked by a simple shrine or liṅga, with a sage-associated emblem; pilgrims bathe with folded hands as the Gaṅgā glows at dawn.
Kāśī’s tīrthas protect devotees: sincere bathing at a praised ford is said to avert inauspicious, calamity-filled death.
Mṛkaṇḍa-muni’s tīrtha, described as located to the south (yāmyā) within the Kāśī sacred landscape.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha.