Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51
तत्तीर्थोत्थां मृदं गात्रे योजयित्वा नरोत्तमः । स्नानं करोति तीर्थानां सर्वेषां लभते फलम्
tattīrthotthāṃ mṛdaṃ gātre yojayitvā narottamaḥ | snānaṃ karoti tīrthānāṃ sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam
Dengan mengoleskan tanah liat yang berasal dari tirtha itu pada tubuhnya, seorang mulia mandi suci dan memperoleh pahala mandi di semua tirtha.
Unspecified narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Tirtha: Śuklatīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: A pilgrim reverently applies pale clay from the tīrtha onto his body, then steps into the water for snāna; surrounding aura suggests the merit of ‘all tīrthas’ converging into this act.
FAQs
Concentrated sanctity is attributed to certain places: one tīrtha can bestow the merit of many when approached properly.
Śuklatīrtha (context), especially its tīrtha-clay used as a sacred aid to bathing.
Apply tīrtha-origin clay to the body and then perform snāna to gain the fruits of all tīrthas.