Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 14
प्रयागोपि च तीर्थेशो यत्र साक्षात्स्वयं स्थितः । पापिनां पापसंघातं प्रसह्य निजतेजसा
prayāgopi ca tīrtheśo yatra sākṣātsvayaṃ sthitaḥ | pāpināṃ pāpasaṃghātaṃ prasahya nijatejasā
Bahkan Prayāga—penguasa di antara semua tīrtha—tempat Ia sendiri hadir nyata; dengan sinar kemuliaan-Nya Ia menghancurkan tumpukan dosa para pendosa dengan paksa.
Skanda (continuing the tīrtha-glorification, comparing with Prayāga)
Tirtha: Prayāga (Triveṇī Saṅgama)
Type: sangam
Scene: The Triveṇī Saṅgama at Prayāga with pilgrims bathing; a central radiant presence (deity’s tejas) shown as a column of light dissolving dark sin-forms around bathers.
FAQs
A true tīrtha is portrayed as a living presence whose spiritual ‘radiance’ can overwhelm even heavy karmic accumulation when approached with reverence.
Prayāga (Prayagraj), identified as tīrtheśa, invoked as a benchmark while narrating Pañcanada’s greatness in Kāśī.
No explicit prescription; the verse implies the merit of visiting and bathing at Prayāga and, by extension, venerating the described tīrtha powers.