Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31
आत्मोपमश्च भूतेषु स तीर्थफलमश्नुते । मुण्डनं चोपवासश्च सर्वतीर्थेष्वयं विधिः
ātmopamaśca bhūteṣu sa tīrthaphalamaśnute | muṇḍanaṃ copavāsaśca sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ
Celui qui voit tous les êtres comme semblables à lui-même obtient vraiment le fruit du tīrtha. Le rasage de la tête et le jeûne : telle est la règle prescrite en tous les lieux saints.
Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: General tīrtha-vidhi (applicable across tīrthas; taught in Revākhaṇḍa context)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna) implied by the surrounding passage
Scene: A pilgrim at a riverbank tīrtha, head newly shaven, hands folded, offering water; surrounding figures of varied status are treated with equal reverence, conveying ātma-upamya.
FAQs
Empathy toward all beings is central; external rites like fasting and tonsure are meaningful when grounded in this inner virtue.
All tīrthas collectively (sarvatīrtha), with Revā Khaṇḍa serving as the textual setting.
Muṇḍana (tonsure) and upavāsa (fasting) are stated as a general tīrtha-vidhi.