Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
एतेष्वेव हि सर्वेषु यः स्नानं कुरुते नरः । सार्धकोटित्रयस्यात्र स कृत्स्नं फलमाप्नुयात्
eteṣveva hi sarveṣu yaḥ snānaṃ kurute naraḥ | sārdhakoṭitrayasyātra sa kṛtsnaṃ phalamāpnuyāt
Wahrlich, der Mensch, der in all diesen Stätten das rituelle Bad vollzieht, erlangt hier die volle Frucht, gleich drei und einem halben Krore an Verdiensten.
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Collective set of tīrthas in Adhyāya 199 (all enumerated)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A grand pilgrimage culmination: the pilgrim completes every listed tīrtha, sages bless him, and a cosmic ledger shows ‘3.5 koṭi’ as a symbolic mountain of light; devas shower flowers over the final bath.
FAQs
Purāṇic teaching magnifies tīrtha-snāna as a concentrated means to accrue vast puṇya when performed comprehensively and reverently.
The cluster of tīrthas previously listed in the chapter (including major sacred rivers) is collectively glorified.
Perform snāna in all the stated tīrthas; the text claims an equivalence of merit quantified as sārdhakoṭitraya.