Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
अस्ति पापहरं पुंसां सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायकम् । यत्र स्नात्वा नरो भक्त्या सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्
asti pāpaharaṃ puṃsāṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradāyakam | yatra snātvā naro bhaktyā sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
Il est un tīrtha sacré qui enlève les péchés des hommes et accorde tous les vœux désirés. S’y baignant avec dévotion, l’homme obtient tous ses buts.
Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Tirtha: Sādhyāmṛta
Type: tirtha
Scene: A pilgrim couple and ascetics at a luminous coastal tīrtha; the sea-horizon and a small shrine; the devotee enters the water with folded hands as divine light rises from the waves.
FAQs
Devotional bathing at a praised tīrtha is presented as a direct means for sin-removal and fulfilment of righteous desires.
The verse introduces the sin-destroying tīrtha later identified in this passage as Sādhyāmṛta-jala/tīrtha within the Setukhaṇḍa (Setu Māhātmya).
Snāna (ritual bathing) performed with bhakti (devotion).