Panchatirthi
पञ्चतीर्थी pañcatīrthīThe five sacred fords of Kashi bathed in order by the pilgrim: Asi, Dashashwamedh, Manikarnika, Panchganga and Adi Keshava, mapped onto the body of the cosmic Lord.
Where this term appears
- The body of the city Treatise
We met the first version of this in passing and will meet it again on the ghats: the five great fords of the riverfront, the Panchatirthi , are read as the body of the cosmic Lord laid along the water.
- The steps to the river Treatise
Five of the ghats are the great fords, the Panchatirthi , the five crossings, and the tradition lays the body of the cosmic Lord along the river by naming them as his limbs.