Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
यज्ञैर्दानैस्तपो भिश्च यत्फलं प्राप्यते बुधैः । तदत्र स्नानमात्रेण शूद्रैरपि सुसेवकैः
yajñairdānaistapo bhiśca yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ | tadatra snānamātreṇa śūdrairapi susevakaiḥ
Die Frucht, welche die Weisen durch yajñas, Gaben und Askese erlangen, wird hier schon durch bloßes Baden gewonnen—selbst von Śūdras, die aufrichtig und eifrig dienen.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa narrative context; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: ghat
Scene: At a sacred ghāṭa, diverse pilgrims bathe; among them humble attendants/servants with sincere demeanor; above, subtle symbols of yajña-fire, dāna, and tapas dissolve into the single act of snāna, showing equivalence of fruit.
FAQs
Sacred places democratize merit: sincere participation (like bathing) can yield the same fruit as complex Vedic works.
The Dharmāraṇya tīrtha of Adhyāya 26, whose snāna is equated with the fruits of yajña, dāna, and tapas.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, emphasized as sufficient to obtain high spiritual fruit.