Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा दापयेत्काञ्चनं शुचिः । भ्रूणहत्यादिपापानि नश्यन्ते नात्र संशयः
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā dāpayetkāñcanaṃ śuciḥ | bhrūṇahatyādipāpāni naśyante nātra saṃśayaḥ
उस तीर्थ में जो शुद्ध होकर स्नान करे और सुवर्ण का दान कराए, उसके भ्रूणहत्या आदि पाप नष्ट हो जाते हैं—इसमें संदेह नहीं।
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Pāṇḍutīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: O King (rājan)
Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, offers a small gold piece to a seated recipient near the ghat; the river glows; the act is framed as inner cleansing and release from heavy karmic burden.
FAQs
Purification is completed through both sacred bathing and charitable giving, uniting inner and outer dharma.
The same tīrtha referenced in the passage—Pāṇḍutīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Snāna at the tīrtha followed by kāñcana-dāna (donation of gold), presented as highly expiatory.
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