Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
एकस्मिन्नपि च स्नातस्तीर्थे प्राप्नोति मानवः । सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानां स्नानजं सकलं फलम्
ekasminnapi ca snātastīrthe prāpnoti mānavaḥ | sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ snānajaṃ sakalaṃ phalam
Wer auch nur in einem einzigen Tīrtha badet, erlangt den ganzen Lohn, der aus dem Baden in allen Tīrthas hervorgeht.
Viśvāmitra (teaching summarized in the narrative context)
Tirtha: Eka-tīrtha (generic; any one tīrtha properly approached)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rāja (and general pilgrims)
Scene: A pilgrim bathes at one luminous tīrtha; within the water’s radiance appear faint reflections of many other sacred rivers and ghats, symbolizing ‘all tīrthas contained in one’.
FAQs
A single authentic tīrtha observance can confer comprehensive merit, reflecting the Purana’s inclusive, grace-centered Dharma.
This verse does not name the tīrtha; it states a principle that one true tīrtha-bath can yield the fruit of all.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at a tīrtha is the prescribed act, presented as sufficient to gain total tīrtha-snānaphala.