Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 109
यथा वह्निर्दहेत्सर्वं शुष्कमार्द्रमथापि वा । भस्मीभवंति पापानि तत्समागममज्जनात्
yathā vahnirdahetsarvaṃ śuṣkamārdramathāpi vā | bhasmībhavaṃti pāpāni tatsamāgamamajjanāt
De même que le feu consume toute chose—sèche ou même humide—ainsi les péchés sont réduits en cendres par le bain à cette confluence sacrée.
Unknown (Ayodhyāmāhātmya narrator; likely a Purāṇic teacher addressing a listener)
Tirtha: Sarayū–Ghargharā Saṅgama
Type: sangam
Listener: null
Scene: At the confluence, a devotee emerges from the water while a symbolic fire blazes in the background; dark ‘sin’ forms dissolve into ash-like motes carried away by the current.
FAQs
Contact with a sanctified place through prescribed bathing is portrayed as a powerful purifier of karmic stain.
The saṅgama (confluence) associated with Ayodhyā’s sacred waters, traditionally linked with the Sarayū.
Majjana/snānā—immersive bathing at the confluence.