Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
स्नानं दानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम् । तत्र तीर्थप्रभावेन कृतमानन्त्यमश्नुते
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam | tatra tīrthaprabhāvena kṛtamānantyamaśnute
Bain rituel, aumône, récitation de mantras, offrande au feu, étude védique et adoration de la divinité : tout ce qui y est accompli, par la puissance de ce tīrtha, procure un mérite inépuisable.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Deva-tīrtha
Type: tirtha
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A composite ritual tableau at a riverbank: pilgrims bathing, a donor giving cows/food, a sage doing japa with mālā, a small homa-kunda with flames, a student reciting Veda, and a shrine where flowers are offered—unified by a radiant tīrtha aura labeled ‘anantya’.
FAQs
The sanctity of a tīrtha multiplies ordinary dharmic acts into inexhaustible spiritual merit.
Deva-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, svādhyāya, and devatā-arcana are recommended, with special emphasis on the tīrtha’s amplifying power.