Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
अवाह्यवाहिते यत्स्याददोह्यादोहने यथा । स्नानमात्रेण तस्यैवं यान्ति पापान्यनेकधा
avāhyavāhite yatsyādadohyādohane yathā | snānamātreṇa tasyaivaṃ yānti pāpānyanekadhā
যেনেকৈ বহন নকৰিবলগীয়া বস্তু বহোৱাত, বা দোহন নকৰিবলগীয়া বস্তু দোহনত দোষ হয়; তেনেকৈ সেই পবিত্ৰ জলে কেৱল স্নান কৰিলেই পাপ বহু প্ৰকাৰৰে দূৰ হৈ যায়।
Narrator (tīrtha-snana phala statement)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) Snāna-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrims descend stone steps to a broad, calm river; a sage instructs them on purity while symbolic ‘sins’ dissolve like dark smoke over the water.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snana is presented as a powerful purifier that dissolves diverse moral faults through sacred contact.
Revā/Narmadā tīrtha (implied by the surrounding Revākhaṇḍa context).
Snāna (bathing), emphasized as effective even when performed as the sole act.