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
ಆ ತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಶುದ್ಧನಾಗಿ ಸ್ನಾನ ಮಾಡಿ ಕಂಚನ (ಸ್ವರ್ಣ) ದಾನ ಮಾಡಿಸಿದವನ ಭ್ರೂಣಹತ್ಯಾದಿ ಪಾಪಗಳು ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ—ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲ।
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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