Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्र संनिहिता शुभा । पापघ्नी सर्वजंतूनां दर्शनात्स्पर्शनादपि
īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yatra saṃnihitā śubhā | pāpaghnī sarvajaṃtūnāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi
ईश्वर बोले— हे देवी, सुनो; मैं बताता हूँ कि वह शुभा संनिहिता कहाँ स्थित है। वह समस्त प्राणियों के पापों का नाश करती है—केवल दर्शन और स्पर्श से भी।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Saṃnihitā
Type: sangam
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Śiva begins his reply: ‘Listen, Devī’—he points out the auspicious Saṃnihitā, describing her as sin-destroying for all beings even through sight and touch.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is so potent that contact—seeing and touching—can purify, underscoring grace embedded in sacred places.
Saṃnihitā tīrtha/river within Prabhāsakṣetra.
Darśana and sparśana (seeing and touching the tīrtha), implying pilgrimage contact as a purifying act.