Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42
एतत्ते कथितं राजन्नङ्कूरेश्वरसम्भवम् । तीर्थं सर्वगुणोपेतं परमं पापनाशनम्
etatte kathitaṃ rājannaṅkūreśvarasambhavam | tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ paramaṃ pāpanāśanam
ഹേ രാജാവേ, അങ്കൂരേശ്വരസംബന്ധമായ ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ ഉദ്ഭവം നിനക്കു പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു; ഇത് സർവ്വഗുണസമ്പന്നവും പരമ പാപനാശകവും ആകുന്നു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (Rājan)
Scene: A sage-narrator addresses a king, pointing toward a riverside Shaiva shrine of Aṅkūreśvara; the tīrtha is depicted as radiant, with pilgrims approaching for purification.
FAQs
Remembering and honoring a tīrtha’s māhātmya is itself a dharmic act, highlighting the place as a supreme purifier.
Aṅkūreśvara-tīrtha, described as sarvaguṇopeta and parama pāpanāśana.
No specific rite; it serves as a concluding commendation of the tīrtha’s power.