Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
सर्वामयहरं चैव सर्वपापौघहारिणम् । ये नराः कीर्तयिष्यंति नामाप्यश्वत्थवृक्षजम्
sarvāmayaharaṃ caiva sarvapāpaughahāriṇam | ye narāḥ kīrtayiṣyaṃti nāmāpyaśvatthavṛkṣajam
ই সকলো ব্যাধি হৰণ কৰে আৰু পাপৰ প্ৰৱাহো দূৰ কৰে। যিসকল নৰে অশ্বত্থ-বৃক্ষৰ নামটোও কীৰ্তন বা জপ কৰে, তেওঁলোকে সেই শুদ্ধিকাৰক পুণ্য লাভ কৰে।
Skanda (deduced; not explicit in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devotees seated near the Aśvattha sing its name in chorus; waves of sound are visualized as luminous patterns that dispel dark clouds symbolizing disease and sin.
FAQs
Even nāma-kīrtana—praising or uttering the sacred name—has transformative power, signaling that devotion need not be elaborate to be effective.
The Aśvattha is exalted as a sacred presence; the verse focuses on the tree’s sanctity rather than a named geographic tīrtha.
Kīrtana/japa of the Aśvattha’s name as a purificatory practice.