Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
आसु सर्वासु यः स्नाति चतुर्विंशतिभाग्भवेत्
āsu sarvāsu yaḥ snāti caturviṃśatibhāgbhavet
ومن اغتسل في جميع هذه الأنهار نال نصيبًا من الثواب مقدّرًا بأربعٍ وعشرين حصة (ثوابًا موزّعًا على أربعٍ وعشرين).
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā–Narmadā–Sarasvatī (collective observance)
Type: sangam
Listener: null
Scene: A pilgrim’s journey map motif: three great rivers depicted as flowing bands; the pilgrim performs snāna at each, and a single radiant ‘24-part’ mandala forms above, signifying unified merit.
FAQs
Merit increases through comprehensive tīrtha-sevā—devotional engagement with many sacred waters is praised.
Not a single site; it refers back to the enumerated sacred rivers/tīrthas in the immediate context.
Snāna (ritual bathing) in all the mentioned waters is prescribed as the act that yields the stated share of merit.