Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
स्नानं कृत्वा सुभक्त्या च यः पश्येच्चक्रपाणिनम् । ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि तस्य नश्यंति तत्क्षणात्
snānaṃ kṛtvā subhaktyā ca yaḥ paśyeccakrapāṇinam | brahmahatyādipāpāni tasya naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt
ಸ್ನಾನಮಾಡಿ ಶುದ್ಧ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಯಾರು ಚಕ್ರಪಾಣಿಯನ್ನು ದರ್ಶನಮಾಡುವರೋ, ಅವರ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಹತ್ಯಾದಿ ಪಾಪಗಳು ಆ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲೇ ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.
Sūta
Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi-tīrtha (snāna + darśana complex)
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis / general pilgrims by extension
Scene: A pilgrim completes a river/kuṇḍa bath, wrings wet cloth, approaches the Cakrapāṇi shrine with folded hands; a subtle aura indicates sins dissolving instantly.
FAQs
Purification is both outer and inner: snāna joined with devotion and darśana yields swift moral-spiritual cleansing.
The tīrtha of Adhyāya 152 where bathing followed by Cakrapāṇi darśana is declared supremely purifying.
Perform snāna first, then behold Cakrapāṇi with steadfast devotion.
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