Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
स्नानं च कुरुते श्रेयः संप्राप्नोति यथोदितम् । दूरस्थोऽपि सुवृद्धोऽपि बालोऽपि च समागतः । स्नानजं लभते श्रेयः संदृष्टेऽपि यथोदितम्
snānaṃ ca kurute śreyaḥ saṃprāpnoti yathoditam | dūrastho'pi suvṛddho'pi bālo'pi ca samāgataḥ | snānajaṃ labhate śreyaḥ saṃdṛṣṭe'pi yathoditam
Quienquiera que realice el baño sagrado alcanza el bien espiritual prometido, tal como fue declarado. Aun quien esté lejos, aun el muy anciano, y aun el niño que haya llegado—cada cual obtiene el mérito nacido del baño; e incluso con sólo contemplar el tīrtha se alcanza el beneficio anunciado.
Narrative voice (contextual, unspecified in this verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A diverse group—elderly, children, travelers—approach the tīrtha; some bathe while others simply fold hands and behold the waters, receiving equal promised merit.
FAQs
Tīrtha-merit is inclusive: bathing—and even mere darśana of the sacred place—bestows auspicious spiritual benefit as promised in the Māhātmya.
A tīrtha described in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrtha-māhātmya (Adhyāya 190); the verse emphasizes general tīrtha-snānaphala within this chapter’s site-context.
Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha, with an added teaching that darśana (seeing the tīrtha) also yields merit.