Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 81
तत्र तीर्थे तु ये वृक्षास्तान्पश्यन्त्यपि ये नराः । तेऽपि पापैः प्रमुच्यन्ते भ्रूणहत्यासमैरपि
tatra tīrthe tu ye vṛkṣāstānpaśyantyapi ye narāḥ | te'pi pāpaiḥ pramucyante bhrūṇahatyāsamairapi
An jenem heiligen Tīrtha werden selbst die Menschen, die nur die Bäume erblicken, von Sünden befreit — sogar von solchen, die der Tötung eines Embryos gleichkommen.
Narrator
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (specific tīrtha in Revākhaṇḍa 142)
Type: ghat
Listener: Nṛpa / king (addressed in nearby verses)
Scene: Pilgrims stand on a riverbank tīrtha-grove; they gaze upon sacred trees with folded hands; a subtle aura of purification surrounds them, suggesting sins falling away.
FAQs
In tīrtha theology, sanctity permeates the landscape; even simple darśana of sacred features can purify grave karmic burdens.
The same tīrtha described in Revā Khaṇḍa Adhyāya 142 (Yodhanīpura–Balakeśava context), whose trees are declared spiritually potent.
Darśana (beholding) of the tīrtha’s sacred trees is itself presented as a meritorious act.