Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15
एतत्पुण्यं पापहरं तीर्थं ज्ञानवतां वरम् । ये पश्यन्ति महात्मानो ह्यमृतत्वं प्रयान्ति ते
etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ jñānavatāṃ varam | ye paśyanti mahātmāno hyamṛtatvaṃ prayānti te
Diese Tīrtha ist heilig und sündenvertilgend, die höchste für die Weisen. Die Großherzigen, die sie schauen, gelangen wahrlich zur Unsterblichkeit.
Not explicit in this verse (continuation of Revākhaṇḍa narration)
Tirtha: Brahmatīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Brahmatīrtha, great-souled ascetics and wise pilgrims stand in silent darśana; the river shines with a luminous, nectar-like glow; a subtle vision of immortality is shown as a rising light or a lotus opening above the waters, indicating pāpa-kṣaya and transcendence.
FAQs
Tīrtha-darśana is framed as transformative: it purifies sin and culminates in the highest spiritual aim—freedom beyond death.
Brahmatīrtha (the praised tīrtha in Adhyāya 129’s concluding phalaśruti).
Darśana (beholding/visiting) of the tīrtha is explicitly praised as efficacious.