Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 39
पापमोचनतीर्थे तु स्नातः सत्संगतो द्विजः । पापराशिर्विनष्टोऽस्य निष्पापः समभूत्क्षणात्
pāpamocanatīrthe tu snātaḥ satsaṃgato dvijaḥ | pāparāśirvinaṣṭo'sya niṣpāpaḥ samabhūtkṣaṇāt
After bathing at the Pāpamocana Tīrtha and keeping the company of the good, the brāhmaṇa’s mass of sins was destroyed, and in an instant he became sinless.
Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa Ayodhyāmāhātmya dialogic style)
Tirtha: Pāpamocana Tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor (vipra).
Scene: At a river-ghāṭ, the brāhmaṇa enters the water at Pāpamocana; dark smoke-like pāpa imagery dissolves into light; sādhus stand chanting; the water glows.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snānā combined with sat-saṅga can annihilate even accumulated sin, revealing the compassion embedded in sacred geography.
Pāpamocana Tīrtha in Ayodhyā is directly praised as a sin-destroying sacred bathing place.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at Pāpamocana Tīrtha, along with sat-saṅga (keeping good company).