Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
नित्यमश्वत्थसंस्पर्शात्पापं याति सहस्रधा । दुग्धेन तर्पणं ये वै तिलमिश्रेण भक्तितः
nityamaśvatthasaṃsparśātpāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā | dugdhena tarpaṇaṃ ye vai tilamiśreṇa bhaktitaḥ
প্রতিদিন অশ্বত্থ স্পর্শ করলে পাপ সহস্রগুণে ভেঙে নষ্ট হয়। আর যারা ভক্তিভরে তিল-মিশ্রিত দুধ দিয়ে তর্পণ করে, তারা শুদ্ধিদায়ক পুণ্য লাভ করে।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa–Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee gently touches the pippala trunk at dawn, then offers tarpaṇa from a small vessel—milk mixed with sesame—at the tree’s base, with focused devotion.
FAQs
Daily reverence to the Aśvattha—expressed even through touch and simple offerings—functions as a powerful purifier of pāpa when done with bhakti.
The verse chiefly glorifies the sacred Aśvattha (pippala) as a living tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting, rather than naming a single city-tīrtha in this line.
Tarpaṇa (libation/oblation) performed with milk mixed with sesame, offered devotionally.