Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
ततो वृद्धार्कतीर्थं च विधितीर्थं ततः परम् । तत्राप्लुतो नरो याति रविलोकं सुनिर्मलम्
tato vṛddhārkatīrthaṃ ca vidhitīrthaṃ tataḥ param | tatrāpluto naro yāti ravilokaṃ sunirmalam
随后是 वृद्ध日圣渡（Vṛddhārka-tīrtha），其后又有 毗提圣渡（Vidhī-tīrtha）。人在彼处沐浴者，将往生至罗毗（Ravi，太阳神）清净无垢之界。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Vṛddhārka-tīrtha; Vidhī-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within purāṇic frame
Scene: A pilgrim proceeds from one ghat to another—Vṛddhārka-tīrtha then Vidhī-tīrtha—offering arghya to the rising Sun; the river glitters, suggesting ‘stainless’ Ravi-loka.
FAQs
Tīrtha practice is linked to cosmic ascent: specific sacred sites confer refined destinies such as Sūrya’s realm.
Vṛddhārka-tīrtha and Vidhī-tīrtha, sequentially praised among Kāśī’s holy bathing places.
Ritual immersion/bathing (āplava/snānā) at these tīrthas, resulting in reaching Raviloka.