Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67
साधूनां दर्शनं पुण्यं तीर्थभूता हि साधवः । तीर्थं फलति कालेन सद्यः साधुसमागमः
sādhūnāṃ darśanaṃ puṇyaṃ tīrthabhūtā hi sādhavaḥ | tīrthaṃ phalati kālena sadyaḥ sādhusamāgamaḥ
সাধুসকলৰ দৰ্শন পুণ্য, কিয়নো সাধুৱেই জীৱন্ত তীৰ্থ। তীৰ্থে সময়ত ফল দিয়ে, কিন্তু সাধুসঙ্গ তৎক্ষণাৎ ফলদায়ী।
Unspecified didactic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya (teaching on sādhu-mahima)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A luminous moment of recognition: the sages appear as living tīrthas, radiating sanctity; the pilgrim’s meeting is portrayed as instantly fruit-bearing compared to distant rivers/ghats.
FAQs
Saintly association is portrayed as the most immediate purifier—sādhus embody tīrtha-power, granting swift spiritual fruit.
The verse universalizes tīrtha-mahima: beyond any single site, it declares sādhus themselves to be tīrtha in embodied form.
Sādhu-darśana and sādhu-saṅga (seeking the company of the holy) is recommended as a direct spiritual practice.