Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
अकलानिधयो रात्र्यो विपुष्पाश्चैव पादपाः । यथा तथैव ते देशा यत्र नास्त्यमरापगा
akalānidhayo rātryo vipuṣpāścaiva pādapāḥ | yathā tathaiva te deśā yatra nāstyamarāpagā
如同没有月相的长夜，如同无花之树；同样，那些不见天河阿摩罗波伽（即圣恒河 Gaṅgā）流过的国土，也是如此空寂。
Skanda
Tirtha: Amarāpagā (Gaṅgā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: general audience of pilgrims/seekers
Scene: A poetic contrast: barren landscapes—dark, phase-less nights and trees without flowers—set against a luminous Gaṅgā-banked land with blooming trees, moonlit ghāṭas, and thriving devotion.
FAQs
Divine presence sanctifies geography: without Gaṅgā, a region is compared to beauty and vitality removed—underscoring the value of sacred rivers and pilgrimage.
Gaṅgā (Amarāpagā), with the Kāśī Khaṇḍa emphasizing her role as the defining sacred feature of blessed lands.
No direct prescription; the implied exhortation is to seek Gaṅgā-associated tīrthas for purification, worship, and merit.