Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 27
तिलोदकीति विख्याता पुण्यतोया सदा नदी । संगमादन्यतो यस्यां तिलोदक्यां शुचिव्रतः । स्नातो विमुच्यते पापैः सप्तजन्मार्जितैरपि
tilodakīti vikhyātā puṇyatoyā sadā nadī | saṃgamādanyato yasyāṃ tilodakyāṃ śucivrataḥ | snāto vimucyate pāpaiḥ saptajanmārjitairapi
There is a river ever famed as Tilodakī, whose waters are always holy. In that Tilodakī—apart from the confluence itself—one who keeps pure vows, upon bathing, is released even from sins accumulated across seven births.
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Tirtha: Tilodakī
Type: river
Scene: A disciplined pilgrim bathes in the dark-hued Tilodakī waters; luminous ripples suggest sanctity; the confluence is visible in the distance but the act occurs elsewhere, emphasizing all stretches are holy; symbolic shadows of past sins dissolve.
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Purity of conduct combined with tīrtha-snāna is portrayed as a powerful means for deep karmic cleansing.
The Tilodakī river-tīrtha in the Ayodhyā sacred landscape, distinct from (not limited to) the confluence area.
Bathing (snāna) in the Tilodakī with śuci-vrata (pure vows/discipline).