Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63
संति तीर्थान्यनेकानि पापत्राणकराणि च । न शक्तान्यधिकं दातुं कृतैनः परिशुद्धितः
saṃti tīrthānyanekāni pāpatrāṇakarāṇi ca | na śaktānyadhikaṃ dātuṃ kṛtainaḥ pariśuddhitaḥ
অসংখ্য তীর্থ আছে, যা পাপ থেকে রক্ষা করে; কিন্তু কৃত পাপের সম্পূর্ণ শুদ্ধির অতিরিক্ত আর কোনো শুদ্ধি দান করতে তারা সক্ষম নয়।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (implied as superior purifier)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A contemplative pilgrim hears a sage’s teaching: countless tīrthas are shown as river-fords in the distance, while Kāśī shines as a luminous kṣetra suggesting a higher, liberating purity.
FAQs
Not all tīrthas bestow the same measure of purification; the text prepares the reader for the supreme greatness of a foremost tīrtha.
The passage is setting up the glorification of Prayāga, renowned as the Tīrtharāja (King of Tīrthas).
No specific rite is prescribed here; it speaks generally of tīrtha-based purification from sin.