Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 204
सर्वतीर्थाभिषेकं च कुरुतेऽन्यो नरो द्विज । षडक्षरं जपेन्मंत्रमन्यस्ताभ्यां समं फलम्
sarvatīrthābhiṣekaṃ ca kurute'nyo naro dvija | ṣaḍakṣaraṃ japenmaṃtramanyastābhyāṃ samaṃ phalam
ឱ ព្រាហ្មណ៍ មនុស្សម្នាក់ធ្វើអភិសេកស្នាននៅទីរមណីយដ្ឋានបរិសុទ្ធទាំងអស់; មនុស្សម្នាក់ទៀត សូត្រមន្ត្រ៦អក្សរ—ផលបុណ្យត្រូវបាននិយាយថាស្មើនឹងនោះ។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Type: ghat
Listener: dvija/brāhmaṇa (explicit vocative)
Scene: A montage of many sacred rivers/ghats symbolized in one panorama; a pilgrim performs abhiṣeka/snāna; beside him another devotee sits in japa—both crowned by identical halos of merit.
FAQs
Inner devotion through mantra-japa can match the merit of extensive pilgrimage practices.
No single tīrtha is named; the verse references ‘all tīrthas’ as a benchmark for merit.
Sarvatīrthābhiṣeka (ablutions at all sacred sites) is compared with ṣaḍakṣara-mantra japa.