Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 1
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । ततः क्रोशान्तरे गच्छेत्तिलादं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । तिलप्राशनकृद्यत्र जाबालिः शुद्धिमाप्तवान्
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | tataḥ krośāntare gacchettilādaṃ tīrthamuttamam | tilaprāśanakṛdyatra jābāliḥ śuddhimāptavān
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Ensuite, à la distance d’un krośa, qu’on se rende au tīrtha excellent nommé Tilāda, où Jābāli obtint la purification par le rite de manger du sésame.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Tilāda
Type: ghat
Listener: A king (addressed elsewhere as nṛpa) within the Revā Khaṇḍa frame
Scene: Sage Mārkaṇḍeya points the way along the river route; pilgrims walk a krośa to a ford named Tilāda. At the ghāṭ, a penitent Jābāli performs tila-prāśana with cupped hands, with the river flowing beside and a small shrine or marker-stone indicating the tīrtha name.
FAQs
Certain tīrthas are celebrated as places where even difficult impurities are removed through prescribed rites and sincere intent.
Tilāda Tīrtha, reached after one krośa, renowned for purification associated with sesame (tila).
Pilgrimage to Tilāda Tīrtha and the rite connected with tilaprāśana (eating sesame as a purificatory observance).