Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
भवंति च विनिर्मुक्ता रोगैः पापैश्च तत्क्षणात् । अपापाश्च पुनर्यांति तत्क्षणात्त्रिदिवालयम्
bhavaṃti ca vinirmuktā rogaiḥ pāpaiśca tatkṣaṇāt | apāpāśca punaryāṃti tatkṣaṇāttridivālayam
Aussitôt, ils sont délivrés des maladies et des péchés ; purifiés de toute faute, à l’instant même ils gagnent la demeure des dieux.
Sūta (contextual narration in Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrims bathe in a radiant kund; sick persons rise healed; a subtle celestial pathway opens as purified souls ascend toward a luminous heavenly city (Tridiva).
FAQs
The Purāṇic vision of tīrtha is therapeutic and salvific: sacred water destroys pāpa and roga and leads the purified toward higher realms.
Gomukha-tīrtha of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, praised for instant pāpa-kṣaya and roga-nāśa.
Implied tīrtha-sevā (especially bathing/immersion), as the cause of instant purification and merit.