Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
धूतपापोवाच । पितामह वरो मह्यं यदि देयो वरप्रद । सर्वेभ्यः पावनेभ्योपि कुरु मामतिपावनीम्
dhūtapāpovāca | pitāmaha varo mahyaṃ yadi deyo varaprada | sarvebhyaḥ pāvanebhyopi kuru māmatipāvanīm
Dhūtapāpā thưa: “Bạch Tổ Phụ, bậc ban ân phúc! Nếu Ngài ban cho con một ân huệ, xin khiến con trở thành đấng tẩy tịnh tối thượng, vượt hơn mọi điều thanh tịnh.”
Dhūtapāpā
Tirtha: Dhūtapāpā
Type: ghat
Scene: Dhūtapāpā, radiant and earnest, speaks with folded hands to Brahmā: her request is depicted as a beam of light rising from her heart toward the creator, symbolizing the wish to surpass all purifiers in beneficence.
FAQs
The highest aspiration is not enjoyment but becoming a source of purification and benefit for all beings.
This verse foreshadows the emergence/recognition of a supremely purifying entity (often a tīrtha or sacred presence) within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa tradition.
No explicit rite; the boon-request frames a tīrtha-like purificatory potency (pāvanatva) as the spiritual goal.