Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 105
जात्यंधैरिह ते तुल्यास्तथा पंगुभिरेव च । समेत्यात्र च न स्नान्ति सरयूघर्घरसंगमे
jātyaṃdhairiha te tulyāstathā paṃgubhireva ca | sametyātra ca na snānti sarayūghargharasaṃgame
Here, those people are deemed like the congenitally blind, and likewise like the lame—who, even after coming here, do not bathe at the confluence of the Sarayū and the Ghargharā.
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa discourse style)
Tirtha: Sarayū–Ghargharā Saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: null
Scene: Pilgrims arrive at a river confluence; some hesitate on the bank while the saṅgama’s waters swirl; a narrator-figure condemns the neglect, likening it to blindness and lameness.
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Merely arriving at a holy place is not enough; one must actually perform the transformative act (snāna) to receive the tīrtha’s grace.
The Sarayū–Ghargharā Saṅgama (confluence) in the Ayodhyā sacred landscape.
Snāna at the Sarayū–Ghargharā confluence.