Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा दापयेत्काञ्चनं शुचिः । भ्रूणहत्यादिपापानि नश्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā dāpayetkāñcanaṃ śuciḥ | bhrūṇahatyādipāpāni naśyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
And at that tīrtha, whoever, being purified, bathes there and causes gold to be given in dāna (charity)—sins such as the killing of an embryo and the like are destroyed; of this there is no doubt.
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Pāṇḍutīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: O King (rājan)
Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, offers a small gold piece to a seated recipient near the ghat; the river glows; the act is framed as inner cleansing and release from heavy karmic burden.
FAQs
Purification is completed through both sacred bathing and charitable giving, uniting inner and outer dharma.
The same tīrtha referenced in the passage—Pāṇḍutīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Snāna at the tīrtha followed by kāñcana-dāna (donation of gold), presented as highly expiatory.