Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
योऽत्र सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु स्नात्वा पश्यति भक्तितः । सर्वाण्यायतनान्येव स पापोऽपि विमुच्यते
yo'tra sarveṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā paśyati bhaktitaḥ | sarvāṇyāyatanānyeva sa pāpo'pi vimucyate
Quiconque, ici, se baigne dans tous les tīrtha et, avec dévotion, visite tous les sanctuaires—même s’il est pécheur, il est délivré du péché.
Sūta (contextual continuity)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-samūha (all local tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims complete a full circuit: bathing at successive water spots, then entering multiple shrines with lamps and flowers; a formerly ‘sin-burdened’ figure is shown shedding dark aura and emerging radiant after darśana.
FAQs
Comprehensive pilgrimage—bathing and devotional darśana—purifies and releases one from sin.
The collective tīrthas and deity-shrines within the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra described in this chapter.
Snāna in all tīrthas and darśana of all temples with bhakti.